It is unfortunate that this report wasn’t approached from an objective journalistic viewpoint. Why not give the topics discussed in the 100s of videos, the CV’s of the presenters, the reasons why the videos have been seen billions of times as your introduction into the success of PragerU? Have you noticed how “conservatives” who believe in conserving the good stuff get labeled “right wing “. All this report did was again show me that legacy media is in big trouble because of time constraints always present stories from their agenda. BTW, Chuck, can you please tell me what are the Ten Commandments?

Please search PragerU NBC Hit piece where Prager U recorded the entire interview instead of this edited version to sell you a narrative.

"Unschooling" means no curriculum, not either a right or a left curriculum. This is a total misnomer. I "unschooled" my son from 2003 to 2010. Public education failed us for a number of reasons. He is now an honors student at one of the world's top universities. He's a History major.

I support PragerU. Need to remember you don’t NEED TO BE AN EDUCATOR TO TEACH! In fact, homeschooled children performed significantly better than their public schooled peers in terms of academic performance. Most parents are not certified educators. So there! FACTS don’t care about your feelings people. Let’s educate our kids.

It’s not that they don’t want kids to be indoctrinated, they just want to be the ones indoctrinating them.

What do schools of the '30s look like? They were schools that taught reading, writing and arithmetic; not much else. Schools of the '30s produced students, who in the 5th grade knew more than most students who graduate high school today. Those types of schools are what PragerU wants for today's children. As for book banning: there has always been book banning. If you were to step foot in a public library, you would know there's an adult section and a children's section. That's simply because some materials are not proper for children.

The founding fathers were atheists, deists and Christians came here to form a country where people could practice their religion of choice or none at all. the only group to have their religion banned until, 1978 was Native Americans. Traditions, cultures, dances, ceremonies, languages, religion all banned. In American "Indians could be anything they wanted to be, but Indians." Russell Means

It's fascinating to watch Hylton and Todd, people inundated by left-leaning thought, try to understand rational conservative content. This must sound so incredibly different than the people they meet every day.

Not even trying to hide his religious bias

This was probably the most disengenious “journalistic” piece I’ve ever seen. NBC should be ashamed of themselves. I would encourage everyone to watch this then go and watch the Praeger U follow up to this.

What NBC does not address once is if you ask the vast majority of parents what they want their children's curriculum to include they would say Reading, Writing, Arithmetic. History, Science...they would not include propaganda theories from the left or right....

The “sociologist” has no idea what she’s talking about. She says teachers shouldn’t be supplementing curriculum? Teachers supplement curriculum all day, every day! That’s why the site Teachers Pay Teachers is so successful. Teachers purchase materials created by teachers to supplement their curriculum. I don’t know any teacher who ONLY uses their district provided curriculum.

Education shouldnt be left or right, it should be just education. Thats the hard part though, through whos eyes are they being educated. Perspective...

A human being’s first ‘job is to be an a scientist explorer, using all senses to acquire unbiased information about their surroundings. The baby emerges from an aquatic environment to a radically different air environment. Life depends upon using the senses and the brain to make decisions about safety and comfort. The data collected comes directly from the source. The first job is to be a scientist, usually using a trial and error method. A ‘teacher’s job” is to equip the seeker with the knowledge, skills and tools needed to make those discoveries in a life-affirming manner in all “subjects.”

PragerU educates students on what they need to know. Not wokeness.

It says a lot that Prager U has no problem airing the complete un-edited interviews, and NBC needs to cut it up and make a specific narrative about it.

You’re over the target Prager University! Keep up the good work, you’ll save this country one child at a time. Thank you for all you do.

Reading books, including topics that make us uncomfortable help us develope basic thinking / reasoning skills. This is very dangerous?

As a survivor of Christian Nationalist homeschooling, I can't even describe how horrifying this is...

The white Karen “explaining” to the black reporter what black kids should be taught about slavery 💀💀💀.

Sadly, no matter what is taught, trust in educational institutions.has been lost. Under this new hyper-scrutiny, I worry about the future of public schools. It was once a jewel in our U.S. crown.

It's how to be an old bigot 101

PragerU seems like a really sound and safe curriculum for kids! Nicely done.

Why didn't you ask Prager to define Woke?

Wow! Great hit piece. 30 minutes of comments taken out of context and outright lies. Anyone watching this will have no idea what Prager U is like. Linking bomb threats to Prager U is especially disturbing as it has nothing to do with Prager U. Go watch the videos and then judge for yourself.

Cristofero Colombo was ITALIAN, not Spanish. He wouldn't have said "Caramba!" SMH

I'm not sure why Prager U agreed to do this interview.

What did PragerU expect from the leftist at NBC? I swear I would have told them to take a hike if they wanted to interview me and my company.

If your source is “went viral on tik tok” that means it’s MORE likely to be lies, bs, or clickbait.

Attended a private, Christian elementary and middle school in FL and a secular, college prep high school in FL. Graduated in mid-2000s. The curriculum skewed heavily to the right, glossing over complicated aspects of American history. My college education balanced me out, it did not "indoctrinate" me into becoming some radical communist. Today, my wife is a public school teacher (elementary) in "liberal" New England. Never once has she been asked or forced into teaching CRT, talking about preferred pronouns, etc. Conservatives would lead you to believe there's an epidemic of indoctrination running rampant through our nation's schools - it's not true. Talk to actual teachers. What is true is that this political pressure cooker is pushing teachers out of the profession and exacerbating the shortage that actually impacts our kids' education.

We don't have fights about teaching kids reading writing and arithmetic. It's just history. I wonder why?

Citing "libs of tiktok" as a source should have been the last straw for shutting the interview down at 20:00

Highly edited to put down PragerU. I just watched the UNEDITED interview with Dennis on the PragerU channel. EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD ALSO!

This is terrifying ...

My kids have learned more from PragerU about our country, the country we live in then they ever have in the public school system. We love PragerU. I have two in public school and 2 not ready for school and knowing what I know now homeschooling is the way for my youngest two. They will both be raised on PragerU. Wish I would have had this option for the oldest two.

As an Oklahoman, I'm embarrassed. .

Wow, he's a nut. This guy is in charge of education in Oklahoma? Oy vey. 🤦🏽‍♀️

As a teacher, I must say this Ryan Walters is out to lunch! Shameful!

Oklahomans are horrified/disgusted/angered by Ryan Walters. He is singlehandedly destroying the future of education in Oklahoma and we have dropped to 50th. This man is horrifying - he has promised to get federal funding (and their requirements) out of public schools - and he's following through to the extreme detriment of schools across the state.

The minute that guy said "the radical left" I shut it off. That summed it up to me that it's all about politics, nothing more. Politics do not belong in the schools any more than religion belongs in politics, or public schools. You want politics or religion in schools then go to private schools with zero tax dollars supporting them.

Whenever you bring politics into the the classroom it is just DANGEROUS

I've seen their videos. Slaves all happy and making it seem like they were happy

Ryan Walters' evidence of Marxism in the schools, left wing ideology, etc was some TikToks (and not much more than that). He is an embarrassment. It's shocking that he calls himself an educator.

Please correct Ryan Walters when he erroneously states that the US was built upon judeo-christian values. That is patently false and needs to be called out.

How is this guy a superintendent for education anywhere?

God bless PragerU. Go and watch their videos and see for yourself how brilliant they are.

Facts are not based on whether you like them or that align with your beliefs or politics.

Meanwhile kids aren’t learning to build credit, budget, file taxes, or ANYTHING needed in the real world!🤔

NBC tried to trash PragerU but all they did was encourage even more support. Get it together NBC😁

That guy Ryan didn't really answer any question asked. And what he did submit as a reply was incredibly vague, so much so it seems he was afraid to actually state or define his positions. Which makes me wonder what didn't he want us to know about his beliefs? Except for at the very end when he tells us he wants a Christian nation.

I think teaching kids that "America is great" just because it's America is why america isn't so great anymore. You teach people that greatness comes naturally and they don't think they have to contribute to the greatness. Everyone wants to be a influencer.

Hot garbage NBC. Pure and simple. Heaven forbid another perspective is provided to our children against all the BS that they are receiving in schools which have exceeded their charge. Teach how to think, not what to think. Need to hear all sides. Yes, parents have the ultimate responsibility to teach their kids, not the education system.

“Schools were segregated in the 1930s, I think it’s important to remember that.” - his face when he realizes a giant blind spot in his own argument. 😂

Hi, I’m Mexican. I’ve got no real cat in this fight but even I understand how American MSM and progressivism is obliterating your country’s youth.

The focus of the article, PragerU being brought into schools is objectionable. We should also be asking why Pearson Publishing has such enormous control over what goes into K-12 textbooks, and PSAT SAT testing. They become the default curriculum architects, and they hold power over school boards across the country. There are other publishers of curriculum materials, McGraw Hill, and Harcourt. But they do not have the same leverage as Pearson. I don’t know the answer, but I am concerned when teachers lose the opportunity to create a balanced vibrant environment for their students. They are being pressed by parents, administrators, dept. of Ed., and their own students. It’s a job within the job, and educators are (by my observation) overworked, asked too much, and compensated below their worth to the community. In the end our children lose.

This makes me wanna check out pragerU 🥳 🎊 🎉

This is very interesting. In some ways this is not the correct conversation to have. If you look at NAEP data, almost 3/4 of our students aren't proficient in reading and math. Of those not proficient about half are really struggling.

This would definitely be popular in the South where the education system is still based on the ideas of 1850.

How long before Oklahoma schools starts teaching eugenics?

What makes America great is the ability to have an imagination!

we'll see in 15 years what those kids think of their parents' choice to put them in prageru.

No kid has ever “spent a good portion” of any day in their entire lives discussing pronouns and or woke issues.

6:48 hey US Dept of Education Secretary- make it easy on the country and have standardized federal basic education you think the average person should know to successfully navigate the world in 3 years, 6 years, 12 years - work with child development specialists and psychologists. Let’s get everyone smart enough to understand finance/economics/business, computing, science, social skills, physical activities like gardening or taking care of animals or building something. The arts or just creativity.

If you're genuinely curious about PragerU's perspective in response to the queries posed in this video, I suggest using the search function above, entering 'NBC PragerU', and scroll down to the 'PragerU response'. It's an hour-long segment, and while I understand that you don't want to dedicate that much time to "right wing" propaganda. Do something truly radical and choose to devote an open-minded listen for five minutes to any part of another sides point-of-view video? Doing so won't drastically change your beliefs or turn you into an uncaring selfish conservative. Rather, it might just provide an interesting insight.

I’ve lost all respect for NBC and the rest of mainstream media. You people have lost your flipping minds!

NBC News needs to go out of business.

The reporter has not read social media, watched news, kept up with current events. She has an agenda.

The appropriate time and age for children to ask pointed questions is when the child asks them. You should never say you're too young to know when the child is already vaguely aware and researching.

If PU came out and said they were doing this as an equal opposite of some of the wacky left stuff just to illustrate a point I could appreciate it. But they really believe this crap

PragerU is toilet paper

Prager / Trump University.

“Choose to be racist,” and teach them racism is bad but you aren’t talking about what racism is and it’s biases and how it affects others

I very much enjoy and support PragerU.

“The left has made it impossible to say the N word”? Why do you want to LOL what a specific complaint to bring up

Didnt watch the video. Just here to comment that i support PragerU. My “tipping point” was when i watched the video about suicides in Europe, then that McDonalds lady who learned more about life from being a fastfood worker than from the “safe spaces” of university.

These reporters who deny the left wing ideology is in schools - including grammar schools - need to do a deep dive muck-rakers field day on King and Snohomish county schools in Washington State. I can testify that its been in classrooms there at least since 1985. It began with "objective looks" at America that favored Socialist and Eastern philosophical perspectives with heavy doses of the harm the US has done in the world with a list of dates and facts to memorize about history but no context that show that outside of helping defeat Hitler, America had done any good in the world. The gender confusion was by at least 4 years ago when my nieces and nephews were in school. And the DEI integrated math lessons etc are on the web as the King County curriculum statement. It is true. At least in Western WA. By the time I graduated from high school I didn't realize how little I really knew - but I was overtly ashamed of being American. 35 years later I looked up my old high school history teacher and he is now a fairly prolific and openly Socialist writer. I didn't start questioninfg the perspective on America until I wa 30 and met a Canadian with a radically different idea of America's work in and affect upon the world.

Remember kids, no matter what smiley delusional adults say, culty violence never really produces afterlives.

This conversation needs pushback on 'vernacular': Marxist, Teachers' Unions, left-wing, 'discipline back in the classroom', 'curriculum we can see', 'exceptionalism', 'basics',

A clear and future danger. So-called educators who do not understand or choose not to understand the difference between teaching HOW to think, and teaching WHAT to think. Their target buyers love the uneducated.

My kids graduated from Florida schools in the late 2000s, early 2010s. If there was any indoctrination by commission and omission in their educations, I’d say it was right-leaning. One topic I’m reasonably educated about is the Seminole Wars, 1810s to 1850s. The constant period of active and passive warfare by the federal government against the Seminole was directly connected to the Indian Removal Act of 1830, new laws used to justify violating treaties, and the Trail of Tears. The Second Seminole War, 1835 to 1842, established precedents for the Indian Wars up to the 1890s, or 1920s depending on how one counts the Indian Wars. The directly-related Florida Armed Occupation Act of 1842 set national precedent for coming generations, too. But reading my children’s textbooks and hearing about their classroom discussions you’d know about Seminoles killing Maj. Dade’s unit, have the impression that started the Second Seminole War, and move onto the Florida land rush of the 1840s having never heard of the Armed Occupation Act. And, that was a wrap on the topic.

Dropping the one-liner at the end “Nostalgia for education like in the 1930s…when schools were segregated”

We simply cannot compete here with the education that the Asians and Europeans have. My stepdaughter in Europe(she's 29 now), speaks fluently 6 different languages and codes A.I. Her education was free in Austria. She went 2 years to S Korea for her A.I. coding education. She works from wherever she wants, her favorite place in the world is Dubai. She travels there constantly for vacation/work. Working pool side. She makes over 6 figures in her 20s. How can our kids here compete against that? But more importantly kids need stable home lives, good nutrition and parents that care. My significant literally spent hours in the evenings and every Sunday for a few hours helping the kids with their math homework. It takes parents that care.

This was a respectful debate on the issue of education. I happen to like some Prager U videos. I find them to be informative. My daughter goes to public school and I ask her what she learns. I find her education to be well rounded. I explain to her that you can always do outside reading on your own if you want to know more about a topic. Education doesn't start or end in the classroom.

If you live in Oklahoma you should move.

41k views... 784 likes. Guess what, NBC? We know you are gaslighting us. Fate shall not be kind to you.

The issue goes deeper than just what curriculum is being used. In the 1930's, you didn't need two or three levels of administration to ensure that public education had someone to enforce all kinds of social issues, from bussing kids out of their neighborhood schools for racial balancing, counting the number of carrots on the lunch tray, having DEI coordinators, filling those positions with the right number of people of color, women, etc., buying Black Lives Matter curriculum for Black History Month, all the while seeing declining reading and math skills. Look around the percentages of college faculties who support left wing policies. I am in my 53rd year of teaching in public schools. I teach chemistry and physics and the colleges aren't producing teachers in those fields so I will teach as long as my health holds up. The “professional development” required to keep teacher certification in most states has been a joke since the 1990's. A lot more “touchy-feely” stuff rather than how to teach with the technology tools of the 21st century. Education budgets are always tight and we need to sharpen our focus. I look at my students frequently and wonder if our nation ever had to launch a “Doolittle Raid” or put a Hitler out of power if we have the youth with the values, skills, and patriotism to defend America, cherish liberty, and prevent the genocide of minorities. Ask Harvard how the current model of educational leadership is working for them. Teacher Unions put students last and their politics first. Prager U is not the entire answer, but it is a step in the right directions n.

We want our kids to know the truth about American's history. The bad and the good.

The videos do not present a theory of history, meaning where in the historical timeline does slavery, feudalism and capitalism happen is not presented as a continuing saga, a story of mankind with dramatic beginnings and endings, so that particular events are not seen as expressions of the whole process of human development and the videos suggest development stops right here with us right now, and that in itself, assumes permanency. History shows nothing is permanent. The present feels permanent because mass movements are slow to develop. When they reach a certain pitch of intensity mass movements change the world overnight. We don’t feel the force of Earth’s tectonic plates until the plates drop on top of each other and break open. Only then do the invisible forces become felt. The education system is polluted with right wing politics because of the bureaucracy of education, not in spite of it, it brought this opposition on to itself by centralizing power. Any opposition to it must come from within, a take over, a coup dé etat, kick out the liberals and install the conservatives though infiltration,--- is the way to destroy the bureaucracy. The education curriculum is only a catalyst to that end. The kids are still undermined.

Why are so many misguided people in the comments saying the news anchor owned the guy by mentioning 1930's segregation at the end? At 14:31 Prager specifically mentioned his idea of a good education was the 1930's style minus the offensive and bad parts which we can easily assume includes segregation so bringing that point up again after it was addressed was irresponsible and showed a strong bias in reporting. He was likely shocked she would go so low as to insult him by implying he would support segregation. It was an extreme use of a straw man argument and to imply it like that at the last moment when he had no time for rebuttal is shameful. Prager's supporters are clearly supporting the teaching of history, philosophy, great historical works of literature, and American exceptionalism that was taught in the 30's and led to the rise of America as a superpower being the educational foundation of the "greatest generation", but I guess many people today believe if there were a few problematic beliefs at the time we should throw out bath and baby both. I think it is also worth pointing out many of the colleges criticized by Prager for the new Marxist style of teaching are legitimately reintroducing forms of racial segregation today and creating POC only safe spaces, classes, and events which exclude white students. They also often champion racial equity quotas that will exclude white or Asian students who score higher on standardized tests than other admitted students from diverse backgrounds. Conservatives tend to side with Martin Luther King's dream of complete equality and institutional color-blindness, rather than risking a repeated cycle of racism and resentment by punishing races today in search of a nebulous equity. The left is correct to point out that this approach leaves many groups disadvantaged by history, but we can try solving those issues through fair policy changes such as adding school choice and uncoupling property taxes from local school funding which perpetuates inequality as they pointed out. I am not sure if Prager has the right ideas for improving schools or not since more has changed since the 30's than just the culture, but the US education quality is quickly falling below that of many countries that spend a fraction of what the US does per child, so I at least respect him for trying to point out problems and offer his solutions for free. People should absolutely fact-check his content before use in schools, but it is a tad hypocritical for a politically biased news channel to complain about politically biased information being given to kids. If they really think biased content that might mislead people by omitting perspectives is unacceptable, they should all quit their jobs. This whole reporting felt like an anti-Prager attack advertisement. They dig into him for not be accredited and being politically right wing, yet not once did they report anything in his educational content was factually incorrect about history or capable of causing mental or emotional harm in children. Bill Nye was not an accredited "Science Guy", but I have not heard demands to remove his educational videos from schools due to that. The reporters here just claimed that kids found Prager videos more engaging to watch than reading their textbooks and it taught kids a different political perspective on history, which alone honestly does not sound dangerous to me. If teachers feel it omits an important perspective, they could easily add content or commentary on that as well and everyone wins. The only reason for a school to outwrite ban factually true information with a political perspective is if they do intend to indoctrinate kids by only providing other perspectives, so blowing this story out of proportion like this for no reason only makes Prager supporters seem less crazy to the average person when they claim that there is a conspiracy to do just that in schools today which will only increase his support base. Perhaps facts without political perspectives taught in schools are preferable, but with topics like history that is near impossible and students who are incapable of detecting political bias will be misled by the first news station they ever watch if they don't learn how to identify it and think critically in school as well so no parent should ever want their kids to never be exposed to other views.

Homeboy mentions the Federalist Papers and primary sources, then slips his little "judeo-christian values" in a the 31 minute mark. He didn't read them at all, did he?

interview to Dennis prager-“what would a good education system look like” Dennis prager- education system from 1930 minutes the bad stuff” basically white wash lol

oh, America :-(

A deep dive into American history? From PragerU’s perspective

Who funds them?

Todd is one sleazy worm.

How long will we cling to failed strategies? We had a great educational reputation until........when? What changed?

The man literally said we shouldn’t bring politics into school. We shouldn’t be teaching political ideology in school, and then literally use the political slogan right afterwards. How can the man argue he’s not for politics in school right wing politics in school when he kept saying Donald Trump’s political slogan, over and over and over again.

"we don't think they learn much in public schools". SO WE'LL TEACH THEM EVEN LESS AND GET RICH OFF IT XDDDDDDD

I can't wait for that video about how bad slavery was. Also, if Dennis wants to celebrate people who did good when bad was so ubiquitous, I'll look forward to the PragerU kids deep dive into Saint John Brown.

I once highly respected journalists at NBC, believing they reached their positions through thorough, tough, and fair journalism. If you share this view, that's fine, but many, including myself, disagree. I want you to consider how news stories are presented to you. While it may be entertaining, does it really offer the other side's viewpoint? Long interviews might be less entertaining and currently being criticized for giving a platform to misleading voices. But as a liberal, do you think people are incapable of making their own judgments? If this strikes a chord with you, consider exploring sources beyond those you currently trust as arbiters of good and bad information. Or maybe you only want vetted information? Or maybe you want others to only receive vetted information ([insert better good excuse]) ).