Political indoctrination in K–12
Lesson plans that push partisan political positions on students, present contested policy debates as settled fact, or reward students for adopting specific political viewpoints.
The Issues
Where public schools cross the legal line.
California Education Code and federal civil-rights law set clear boundaries on what public schools may teach and how they may treat students. These are the four issues we're seeing violated most often across the state.
Classroom activism replacing academics
Instructional time diverted to protest planning, political letter-writing campaigns, and mandatory activism assignments that substitute for core academic content.
Race-based ideology and essentialism
Curriculum that categorizes students by race, assigns collective guilt or virtue based on skin color, or teaches that students of one race are inherently oppressor or oppressed.
Racism directed at students
Materials and practices that stereotype, shame, or discriminate against students because of their race — a direct violation of California and federal civil-rights law.
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