Hillsdale has faced continuing accusations that its charter school initiative is designed to teach a whitewashed view of American history. Lee has characterized Hillsdale's approach as offering a "patriotic" perspective.
"To teach history, you've got to teach the whole history," Garland said. "You've got to teach a little bit about slavery, you've got to teach a little bit about lynching, all of that stuff is going to have to be incorporated if you are going to teach real history."
We asked, "Should students not be taught about racism?"
After a pause, he answered: "Sorry, I didn't hear your question."
Again, we asked. "Should students be taught about racism?"
At that point, Schellhammer ducked into a restroom, saying only: "Thank you."