Put George Packer's class anxieties and moral vanities aside: the ideology he describes is hegemonic in education schools and will spreadhttps://www.chronicle.com/article/How-Ed-Schools-Became-a-Menace/243062 …
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Wesley Yang @wesyangIn the 1980's the Federalist Society launched a movement to take over the federal courts, and a radical critique of America as a racist, capitalist, hetero-patriarchy began to march through the institutions. Both projects reached completion around 2019. https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-wants-to-teach-your-kids-that-capitalism-is-racist-11564441342 …Show this thread1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
Many people take the sanguine view that kids are good at seeing through BS. The reality is that what you are taught in school establishes a baseline of normality; that’s why they fought so hard to take control of the education system. https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/09/17/woke_history_is_making_big_inroads_in_americas_high_schools_120363.html …pic.twitter.com/kbAtYxeiRN
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Do we know if this stuff is administered by actual teachers or just visiting consultants? The teachers at George Washington HS were reportedly as defensive of the mural as students, for example. Lines up with my recollections of the best of my own teachers
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