Rick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a leading figure of the establishment Right in education, asks if Americans can find “common ground in our history wars.” He answers in the affirmative. “Happily,” Hess tells us, “there is copious common ground to be found.”

Unfortunately, he is wrong.

Hess points to polling data that suggests that “Americans, left and right, want schools to teach a robust, inclusive, and honest history that explores the good and the bad of our national story and explains why it matters today.”