Inside teachers' union May Day 'dress rehearsal' critics warn will 'groom' students into Dem 'foot soldiers'
A recent webinar hosted by some of the top teachers' unions in the United States that pushed a curriculum focused on the upcoming May Day protests is prompting education experts...
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A recent webinar hosted by some of the top teachers' unions in the United States that pushed a curriculum focused on the upcoming May Day protests is prompting education experts and watchdogs to sound the alarm about alleged political indoctrination inside classrooms. The Chicago Teachers' Union and the National Education Association collaborated with the Zinn Education Project on an April 2nd seminar referred to as a "curriculum build" to "bring "social justice into the classroom" ahead of May Day, the traditional May 1st holiday that has long been embraced by communist and socialist movements as a day of mass political action. "There’s probably gonna be a lot worse things that Trump does, and so May Day is a dress rehearsal for maybe there’s a random day in, you know, June that we all are, like, no work, no school, no shopping, because of something Pete just did, right?" Dave Stieber, a history teacher in Chicago Public Schools, said during the presentation. "So this is a continuation and a buildup of that." 500 GROUPS WITH $3B IN REVENUES ARE BEHIND THE #NOKINGS PROTESTS AND COMMUNIST CALL FOR 'REVOLUTION' The webinar also included guidance on how educators could bring activism into the classroom, including with very young students, with speakers who encouraged lessons centered on activism for children as young as three, presenting such engagement as a way to build early awareness and participation. "I did want to say I really encourage teachers of young children not to feel like this is stuff that’s way beyond their students, not to be afraid of raising up social justice issues, including workers’ rights, anti-racism, pro LGBT, LGBTQIA plus issues, immigration and immigrants rights," Kirstin Roberts, a pre-school teacher in Chicago Public Schools, says in the seminar. The North American Values Institute (NAVI), who first posted the seminar online , argues that the unions are attempting to "groom" students to push social justice platforms in protests across the…