State Superintendent Tom Horne rails against SUSD curriculum

Says new history book contains leftist propaganda

Arizona State Superintendent Tom Horne says he will report the Scottsdale Unified School District for approving a history text book that he says contains leftist propaganda.

(Courtesy Arizona Department of Education)

Arizona State School Superintendent Tom Horne is calling out the Scottsdale Unified School District’s use of a history textbook he says includes Diversity Equity and Inclusion materials in what he says is an attempt to indoctrinate students.

Horne said the book crosses President Trump’s ban on DEI material, and he intends to report school district to the Trump administration.

Horne also said the book takes an anti-law enforcement stance, with which Maricopa County Sherrif Jerry Sheridan agrees.

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