Case File 07

Content Under Scrutiny

PragerU Kids material now reaches students in more than ten states. Below are specific examples historians, scientists, and journalists have flagged, with sourcing for each.

The Warsaw Uprising

Education writers have criticized a PragerU Kids video for downplaying the Warsaw Uprising — the 1944 Polish resistance against Nazi occupation — in its World War II history for young students. source

George Floyd

One PragerU Kids video, part of its "Leo & Layla" history series, described George Floyd — the Black man killed in Minneapolis police custody in 2020, whose death set off nationwide protests — as "a Black man who resisted arrest." Critics call this a distortion of the recorded circumstances of his death and the murder conviction that followed for the officer involved. source

Christopher Columbus and colonization narratives

The same "Leo & Layla's History Adventures" series has drawn criticism for episodes on Christopher Columbus and British colonization of India — critics say both cast colonization in a favorably moralized light. source

Climate science

Columbia Law School's climate program reported that PragerU's video library — including material approved for Florida's K-5 classrooms — downplays climate change and criticizes renewable energy. PragerU's own CEO has framed the material as a deliberate counter to what she calls climate "hysteria" being taught to children. source

PragerU's response. PragerU publicly rejects the characterization of its content as historically inaccurate or minimizing. It frames critical coverage as part of a broader effort by opponents to "label us as 'far right,' deplatform us, and keep PragerU out of schools." source

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