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AUTO >> TEACHER USING THE WORDS
STRIKE AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
IN LESSONS.
OUR NEXT GUEST SAYS HE FOUND
THOUSANDS OF EXAMPLES OF
TEACHERS USING IT TO PROMOTE
THEIR OWN POLITICAL AGENDA.
HE'S THE FOUNDER OF A MICHIGAN
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED
TO EDUCATION REFORM AND THE
AUTHOR OF THE NEW BOOK
"INDOCTRINATION " HOW USEFUL
IDIOTS ARE USING TO PROMOTE
SCHOOL EXCEPTIONALISM.
YOU'RE NOT MINCING ANY WORDS.
YOU'RE A FATHER OF YOUNG
CHILDREN.
THAT'S HOW YOU GOT INVOLVED IN
LOOKING AT WHAT THEY WERE BEING
TAUGHT AT A YOUNG AGE.
WHAT DID YOU FIND?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M THE FATHER OF A
KINDERGARTENER SO THIS LOOKING
AT WHAT IS GOING ON IN SCHOOLS
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I STARTED LOOKING AT THE
CURRICULUM, THE LESSON PLANS,
TEXTBOOKS AND VIDEOS THAT ARE
BEING PUSHED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AND WHAT I FOUND IS A REAL
AGENDA TO GET THE TEACHERS'
PERSONAL PHILOSOPHY INTO THE
CLASSROOM.
>> SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU
FOUND IS UNION LANGUAGE TO
PRESCHOOLERS, THE TALK OF STRIKE
AND COLLECTIVE BARGAINING.
I MEAN, EVEN MOST SENIORS
WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT
IS.
>> THAT'S IT.
THAT'S THE PERFECT EXAMPLE.
WHAT HAPPENED IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO IS THERE'S A
PRESCHOOLTEACHER, PRESCHOOLER.
I'M THE FATHER OF A
KINDERGARTEN.
PRESCHOOLER, HOW COULD A
PRESCHOOLER RELATE TO THIS?
BUT THERE'S A TEACHER IN THE
CITY OF CHICAGO, SHE WENT UP TO
MADISON, WISCONSIN TO PROTEST
AGAINST SCOTT WALKER IN
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING REFORM AND
EVERYTHING.
SHE TOOK PICTURES THERE.
SHE TOOK THEM BACK TO HER
CLASSROOM.
SHE READ HER STUDENTS A BOOK
CALLED "CLICK CLACK MOO, COWS
THAT TYPE."
AND THEN SHE TAUGHT THEM ABOUT
THE VOCABULARY LESSON THAT YOU
MENTIONED, STRIKE TO COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AND NEGOTIATE.
YOU THINK THESE ARE EXAMPLES
THAT HIGH SCHOOLERS SHOULD BE
LEARNING IF AT ALL BUT YET,
THEY'RE BEING PUSHED AT VERY
EARLY AGES.
>> SO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY.
THAT'S A BIG PUSH IN ALL THE
SCHOOLS.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
AND IN FACT, IN MARYLAND, IT
ACTUALLY GOES BEYOND THAT AND IN
MARYLAND THE STATE BOARD OF
EDUCATION PASSED A MANDATE
STATING THAT STUDENTS WOULD NEED
TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE
ENVIRONMENTALLY LITERATE.
AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY
DICTATING THE WAY THAT STUDENTS
SHOULD ACT.
>> WHAT ABOUT THIS VIDEO CALLED
"THE STORY OF STUFF"?
>> THE STORY OF STUFF HAS BEEN
AROUND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS BUT
THIS IS, PERHAPS, THE MOST
DANGEROUS AND THE MOST
WIDESPREAD EXAMPLE THAT I'VE GOT
IN THE BOOK.
AND IT'S -- IT'S EVERYWHERE.
I FOUND IT ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEB SITES.
IT'S BEING PUSHED IN WELL OVER
7,000 SCHOOLS.
AND SO PARENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS BEING PUSHED IN THEIR
CLASSROOM.
AND THEY NEED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT IT.
>> THE FINAL THING IS WHAT
WE'RE LEARNING THROUGH THE MATH
LESSONS.
WHAT DID YOU FIND OUT?
>> WELL, WHAT SOCIAL JUSTICE
ACTIVISTS AS THEY'RE CALLED ARE
DOING NOW IS THAT THEY'RE
PUSHING THESE EXAMPLES THROUGH
MATH.
AND SO INSTEAD OF GOING INTO A
MATH CLASS AND LEARNING ABOUT
NICKELS AND DIMES AND QUARTERS
AND , YOU KNOW, THOSE
TRADITIONAL THINGS, NOW THEY'RE
USING THE MATH CLASSROOM TO PUSH
INCARCERATION RATES, AIDS
QUESTIONS AND THOSE TYPES OF
THINGS.
THEY'RE PUSHING AN AGENDA
THROUGH MATH.
>> WOW.
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR HOMEWORK
ASSIGNMENTS WHEN YOUR KIDS COME