Schools Teach 9/11 as U.S. Failure

Some K‑12 and higher‑education teaching materials treat September 11 less as an event to study the perpetrators and ideology (al‑Qaeda, Taliban sheltering) and more as an occasion to examine American racism, Islamophobia, and policy mistakes. These curricula sometimes allot minimal coverage to the attacks themselves while assigning many lessons on social‑justice responses and 'avenues for solidarity.' — If curricula nationwide shift collective memory of 9/11 from who attacked America and why toward critiques of America, that will reshape civic attitudes about terrorism, national security, and civic solidarity for a generation.