6:48 The U.S. Department of Education is proposing a new set of priorities that would incentivize changes to the way history and civics is taught. The federal government is encouraging K-12 schools to include diverse perspectives in history and civics and to take notice of systemic racism in America's history. Wyoming Public Radio's Catherine Wheeler spoke with State Superintendent Jillian Balow about the proposal, which Balow sharply criticized. Jillian Balow: What caught my attention and what made this new, and frankly, alarming to me, was the inclusion of specific recommendations for curriculum in the rule and also that represents two things. Number one: it represents an overreach by the federal government. That's not something that typically the federal government has done, and when they have, it's been concerning for state and local leaders, where education decisions should reside. The second thing is that the references, the curricular references that were cited, are fairly controversial and have been viewed as divisive. And,so I have some concerns about that as well.