The Biden administration is seeking to prioritize funding education programs that incorporate the ideas of the New York Times’ 1619 Project and critical race theorist Ibram X. Kendi into their teaching of U.S history and civics. In a proposed new rule released April 19, the Education Department outlined new priority criteria for a $5.3 million American History and Civics Education grant, as well as exemplary materials for K-12 educators to use. Specifically, the Education Department cited the 1619 Project, the exhibition of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Kendi’s “antiracism” as leading examples for the kind of content it wants to use taxpayer dollars to promote in history and civics classrooms throughout the country. None of the three teaching models is free from controversy. The 1619 Project, which centers around the idea that the United States is inherently racist, consists of a collection of essays that …