b'What is school for? Over a hundred years ago, a man named Harold Rugg published a series of textbooks that encouraged students to confront the thorniest parts of U.S. history: to identify problems, and try and solve them. And it was just as controversial as the fights we\'re seeing today. In this episode: a media mogul, a textbook author, and a battle over what students should \\u2013 or shouldn\'t \\u2013 learn in school.
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