Leaked teachers' union K-12 training presentation rails against Trump administration, red states
FIRST ON FOX: The National Education Association, which — with 3 million members — is one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country, conducted a training session last month...
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FIRST ON FOX: The National Education Association, which — with 3 million members — is one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country, conducted a training session last month filled with far-left political messaging, a watchdog group has revealed. The revelation comes as the union continues to face criticism for prioritizing activism over student needs. The NEA event on Feb. 23, billed as an "Advocacy and Free Speech Rights for K-12 Educators" training, promoted a variety of leftist causes and criticisms of the Trump administration in slides obtained by Defending Education, a national organization that monitors political content in schools. The NEA training argues that the Department of Education is "now actively committed to violating civil rights," and that educators need to protect "vulnerable students." In the slide presentation, the NEA claims that "Democracy itself is at stake" due to an "unprecedented push to criminalize speech and political opposition." GOT A SCOOP ON CAMPUS? SEND US A TIP HERE The teachers' union appears to take issue with the Trump administration's designation of Antifa as a terrorist organization given slides that show screenshots with the headlines: "Trump Signs Order Targeting Antifa Movement" and "White House Use of ‘Domestic Terrorist’ Doesn’t Match Legal Reality." The training made clear the importance of adhering to gender pronouns and the specified gender identity of K-12 students, saying that educators "can (and should address) students in the way they identify themselves," regardless of whether the way they "identity" differs from school records. The training also took aim at Republican-led states, saying, "It’s not just the Trump Administration… it’s Red State governments as well" in a slide with headlines lamenting banning DEI in schools, Texas wanting to "punish" students who protest ICE, and a headline that said, "Charlie Kirk’s death prompts Iowa bill revoking teacher licenses for celebrating political violence." TOP TEA…