NPR reports:

Despite the suggestive sound of its name, PragerU is not a university. It’s a content creator. The conservative media nonprofit makes short, well-produced videos crafted to appeal to college students and young people. It has polished animations and titles like “What Radical Islam and the Woke Have in Common” and “Is There Really a Climate Emergency?”

Recently, news headlines have focused on its PragerU Kids content.

Arizona recently became the latest state where education officials have embraced online videos produced by PragerU. It follows at least four other states that approved Prager’s material for use in public school classrooms last year, though it’s unclear how many students have watched these videos.

In a podcast interview last fall, the group’s CEO, Marissa Streit, argued that the U.S. education system is “a left-wing propaganda machine” that teaches students to hate America. PragerU Kids, she says, is the supposed inoculation.

“PragerU shows up everywhere with medicine for the mind so that we can cure and help people think clearly,” said Streit.

Educators have voiced alarms about the tone and accuracy of some of PragerU’s videos, such as one that features an animated Christopher Columbus saying: “Being taken as a slave is better than being killed, no? I don’t see the problem.” [Continue reading…]