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IN A WORD, YES: Does Hayek belong in High School Economics Classes? To hold up the inclusion of Ha?

By Glenn Reynolds

IN A WORD, YES: Does Hayek belong in High School Economics Classes? To hold up the inclusion of Hayek as evidence of excessive conservative bias is self-refuting. I mean, if that’s all you’ve got . . . .

Of course, Hayek is rapidly becoming so extremely cool that high-school students will be reading him on their own.

UPDATE: From the comments:

My fourth grader has been assigned four essays so far this year. They were on MLK, Michael Jordan, Dr. Charles Drew and his mother. He knows who Eleanor Roosevelt was, but not FDR. He identifies Albert Einstein as ?a famous immigrant?. He knows who Rosa Parks was, but not Abe Lincoln.

Hurray for somebody teaching Hayek. At this point, even teaching who Salma Hayek is would be an improvement.

Heh.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on March 17, 2010 (boomark / email).