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Yet Another State Welcomes Uber-Conservative PragerU Into Its Classrooms<!-- wp:html --><p>Reuters/Brian Snyder</p> <p>The uber-conservative advocacy group <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pragerus-propaganda-videos-okd-for-oklahoma-classrooms-by-supt-ryan-walters?ref=scroll">PragerU</a> officially infiltrated another state’s classrooms on Thursday, with the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-the-end-of-trump-could-come-in-iowa-and-new-hampshire">New Hampshire</a> Board of Education voting unanimously to allow a portion of their content to be used by students.</p> <p>New Hampshire is now the third state to approve PragerU material this summer, but its agreement with the right-wing non-profit appears to vary significantly from how Florida and Oklahoma schools plan to use its material. </p> <p>While the breadth of PragerU Kids, which includes hundreds of videos and interactive activities, has been approved for teachers to use in Florida and Oklahoma, only certain high school students in New Hampshire will be able to take PragerU’s “<a href="https://www.prageru.com/series/financial-literacy-cash-course">Cash Course</a>”—a financial literacy program—to receive a half of a credit toward graduation. </p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prageru-infiltrates-a-third-states-classrooms-this-time-in-new-hampshire">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

Reuters/Brian Snyder

The uber-conservative advocacy group PragerU officially infiltrated another state’s classrooms on Thursday, with the New Hampshire Board of Education voting unanimously to allow a portion of their content to be used by students.

New Hampshire is now the third state to approve PragerU material this summer, but its agreement with the right-wing non-profit appears to vary significantly from how Florida and Oklahoma schools plan to use its material.

While the breadth of PragerU Kids, which includes hundreds of videos and interactive activities, has been approved for teachers to use in Florida and Oklahoma, only certain high school students in New Hampshire will be able to take PragerU’s “Cash Course”—a financial literacy program—to receive a half of a credit toward graduation.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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