I'll add to this my particular bugbear, that the Scottish exam boards (who are *usually* pretty good) require students to "know" that a spacecraft entering an atmosphere gets hot because of friction.
Nope, vast majority of the heating is because it's compressing the air that it's slamming into at hypersonic speeds. But hey, lies to children. (My physics teacher colleague knows to gently shove me out of the room so they pass exams and I stay sane.)
More examples here: https://youtu.be/0ggzq9V65E8?feature=shared
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<rhetorical>So how would they have people explain the shape of reentry vehicles?</rhetorical> (Which wouldn't be stable if most _braking_ wouldn't come from compression in front of vehicle.)
@robryk This is half of the point...at that level, introducing hypersonic aerodynamics is counterproductive, and I agree with that, get the basics nailed first.
But one of the basics is "compressing a gas makes it hotter", which we also teach (I love my fire piston), and we should be consistent as far as is reasonable.