As the school year begins, parents ought to look out for “hidden agendas,” which means not only easy-to-spot activist buzzwords, but the “more troubling” question of what gets left out and why, Dana Stangel-Plowe, chief program officer at the nonprofit North American Values Institute, told JNS.

“Activist educators have influenced curricula and programming in all grades and subjects, sometimes in ways that are not immediately apparent,” said Stangel-Plowe, who taught in K-12 school programs for nearly 15 years. “Lessons often push students to judge America before they’ve learned its full and accurate story of imperfection, struggle and growth.”

Parents should ask questions and demand that instructors “teach knowledge and skills and not a singular political orientation,” she said.

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