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For 50 years, American public schools have rejected any 'rote memorization of facts' about US civics & history. This is the (intended) result: two generations unmoored from historical reality, blown in any direction the propaganda-winds want them to sail.
Of course 'rote memorization of facts' was code for 'teaching reliable factual knowledge that can be assessed objectively on tests and exams'. The alternative was 'teaching critical thinking skills' and 'raising awareness', which also didn't mean quite what they claimed to mean.
Haven't read it. Sounds interesting.
I don't think rote memorization of specific dates did people much good, but you're right in that the narrative of history that was taught about was fairly skewed. As an apolitical example, WW2 only really covered Pearl, internment camps, and D-Day/Market Garden.
Memorization of dates, people, etc., are not an end unto themselves. They are the skeleton on which one should flesh out a cohesive understanding of our Big History.
The worst was when the history teacher would say, "Don't worry so much about dates, not that important." Thankfully, I liked history enough to care. How could dates not be that important? Historical contingency, appreciation for amount of time between events, etc. Dates matter.
Say we place pure memorisation at one end of the education spectrum, pure critical thinking at the other, one could say the best would be somewhere between.
Huh, the best seems to be in the middle. I wonder if anyone ever noticed that 
I really hope this national panic we are in inspires a lot of the right kind of people to get into politics and other positions of authority.
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