Families are stronger when parents are involved with the education of their children, and strong families strengthen communities and nations. The involvement of parents is critically needed now that the woke ideology has entered K-12 classrooms across the country – in addition to the universities.
The Biden administration is so
concerned about the involvement of parents that they are equating parents with domestic
terrorists for attending school board meetings. The Attorney General sent
instructions to the FBI to work with local law enforcement to combat the “terrorists”
threatening the woke agenda. According to Virginia Allen, parents are
organizing nationwide to combat the indoctrination being pedaled by Leftists.
Ashley Jacobs is the executive
director of Parents Unite, a new organization that recently held its first
conference. She said, “As parents, we send our kids to school to learn to think
critically, to figure out how to solve problems, and to respectfully discuss
and resolve differences of opinion. But our education systems are not enabling
these skills, and in some cases, [they are] stifling them.” The parents are
concerned that they are not “seeing true diversity of opinion within
classrooms.”
You want to be inclusive, and you want to
explore all these different kinds of people and cultures. But the implicit
assumption is that that makes for more interesting classrooms, because people
share the things that make them different in a way that’s meaningful. But that’s
not what we’re seeing. So, then [diversity] becomes window dressing…
Speakers at the conference discussed
critical race theory, which teaches that every issue in our society is racial,
that whites are privileged, and that people of color are oppressed by the
whites. They also discussed the New York Times’ 1619 Project that claims
America was founded on racism and the Revolutionary War was fought to protect
slavery.
In addition to a return to teaching racism,
school have lowered standards for students of color because they assume that students
of color cannot perform as well as white children because of oppression. This
is racist thinking! With involved parents, children of color can do just as
well or better than white children
Nearly every speaker at the conference had
suggestions for “how to restore civil discourse and diversity of thought to
schools. Here are seven takeaways that Allen took from the conference for how
to “promote true diversity of thought and push back against indoctrination of
students.”
1. Present Alternatives
It is not enough to criticize the teaching
of radical curriculum such as the 1619 Project; parents must “present a
powerful and empowering alternative…”
2. Get Involved
Consider getting involved with your local
school board… Those who can’t make the time should consider how they could
support someone who does have time and resources…
3. Demand Transparency
Parents should be their children’s
greatest advocate, and have a right to know what schools are teaching…
4. Help Draft a ‘Chicago Statement’
A document called a “Chicago Statement” is
a brief declaration of a school’s commitment to free speech and how it plans to
protect that speech…
A “Chicago Statement” can serve as a
litmus test and an accountability tool when a school begins suppressing
diversity of thought or viewpoints under the guise of “diversity, equity, and
inclusion…”
5. Connect to Resources
Speakers recommended the work of reputable
groups that do research on education and combating the woke agenda in schools…
[See article for list.]
6. Spend Time With Your Kids
A panel of students … encouraged parents
to be active participants int their children’s lives.
American culture has become accustomed to
delegating, but parents should not delegate the raising of their children to
teachers…
7. Have Courage
Change requires action…
Making changes in K-12 education will
require courage… [Courage is needed to win this battle.]
People on the Far Left are trying to
change America from a land of freedom to one of socialism/communism. They know
that they can change an entire nation by working with the rising generation,
and they started working with young adults at universities. Now those people
who were once students are working in the movement, and they are coming for
children and teenagers. Parents are in front trenches of the battle lines and
must act to protect their children as well as to save America. Parents can
strengthen their family as well as their community and nation by becoming
involved in the education of their children.
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