I think it is time to recognize that about a third of Americans are White supremacy, male dominant, anti-democracy christofascists. These are the people who elect incompetent morons like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Josh Hawley, George Santos, and, well you know the list. This is not getting enough attention in the media. Nor is what this community is trying to do to destroy public education in the United States. What they are not capable of understanding is that fascist education is not education it is indoctrination, and that is going to have long term implications they also don’t understand. Authoritarianism does not promote leadership either technologically or politically nor does it foster wellbeing. Do you know anyone with a Russian refrigerator? How about a Russian computer? Or a Russian television? No, of course, you don’t, because fascism is about power for the few not prosperity and wellbeing for the many. But I don’t think the third of MAGAts in this country realize this.
A view of the exterior of a building at Hillsdale College as it welcomes Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to speak on April 6, 2023 in Hillsdale, Michigan. Credit: Chris Dumond / Getty
Charges that public schools are subjecting children to leftwing indoctrination are proving to be mostly over-hyped or not at all based in fact. Yet, there’s evidence, according to a new report, that a fast-growing sector of the charter school industry is engaged in indoctrination, only, in this case, the schools are instructing children in white, conservative ideology.
The report, “A Sharp Turn Right: A New Breed of Charter Schools Delivers the Conservative Agenda” by the Network for Public Education (NPE), finds that charter schools that market to families a “classical” or “traditional” approach to schooling are essentially catering to parents and politicians that follow “right-wing ideology.”
Using keyword searches, news stories from local and national media, and examinations of charter school websites and other resources, the authors claim to have “identified a representative sample” — 273 currently open charter schools — that resemble their definition of […]
