America’s second-largest teachers union wants to educate its 1.7 million members in how to practice inclusion in the classroom.The government workers above self-interest seem.. self-interested.
Namely, by reminding students at every turn how they are different from others.
The fall issue of the American Federation of Teachers’ quarterly journal, American Educator, is brimming with calls for incorporating leftist ideologies into the classroom. It even cites debunked statistics that paint America as under siege from white supremacists.
The umbrella theme of the issue is “Confronting Bias in Schools: Classroom Conversations on Race, Ethnicity, and Identity,” yet the essay that kicks off the issue almost treats the theme as an afterthought.
AFT President Randi Weingarten focuses on the threat to democracy from President Trump in the opening essay, “A Defining Moment for Democracy,” and portrays teachers as a bulwark against intolerance toward opposing ideas.
Trump “has fanned biases that aim to dehumanize ‘the other’ and that erode our democracy,” she writes. “We can’t ignore Trump’s bigotry and cruelty, or the fact that his erratic behavior is intended to create chaos and confusion.”
Saturday, October 26, 2019
Teachers union instructs members how to push identity politics on students
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