Education WEEk VOL. 38, NO. 10 * OCTOBER 24, 2018 Citizen Z: Finding America's Story edweek.org: BRE AKING NEWS DAILY Americans are increasingly polarized and public distrust in government is at record levels. What if the inability of Americans to agree on our shared history-and the right way to teach it-is a cause of our current polarization rather than a symptom? See Stories, Page 12-15 OTHER NEWS: Storms' Hard Hit Teachers' Campaign Ads New Wrinkles in State Testing Hurricanes strike deep blow to schools' finances in Florida and North Carolina as districts haggle over insurance and cope with lost enrollment. > PAGE 15 With students watching, teachers running for office this season weigh whether to go negative while campaigning. > PAGE 17 Many states are going their own way in the quest for alternatives to fill-in-the-bubble tests, but are cool to a pilot program that aims to help. > PAGE 17 Illustration by Stephanie Shafer for Education Week AMERICAN EDUCATION'S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD * © 2018 Editorial Projects in Education * $ 6http://www.edweek.org