Controversial teacher training targets parental authority as oppression, education expert warns
Teacher training programs across the country are adopting radical new educational theories to undermine parental authority and drive a wedge between parents and children, PragerU CEO Marissa Streit warned in an interview with Fox News Digital.Streit is raising concerns over the rapid spread of "ethnic studies" curriculum, which she says is being implemented or endorsed in more than 22 states across the nation. She specifically cited the controversial term "adultism," saying it paints standard parental boundaries as a form of oppression.While the term "adultism" historically originated in sociology to describe age discrimination against children, Streit argued it has found new life in radical training materials and is being used to portray standard parenting rules on clothing, relationships or major medical decisions as a form of "fascism" or tyranny.FAR-LEFT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE AT TEACHERS UNION HQ RAISES CLASSROOM CONCERNSStreit displayed a teacher training manual titled, "Lessons In Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators," which she says promotes anti-capitalism, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and the rejection of adult authority.The textbook's publisher, AK Press, says the book is "designed for educators, parents, and young people, this toolkit shines a light on innovative abolitionist projects, particularly in Pre-K–12 learning contexts."However, Streit argues that ethnic studies modules simply repackage concepts like DEI, social-emotional learning, and Critical Race Theory, that have received negative attention, to promote many of their same anti-capitalist and Marxist ideals.TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS WOKE SCHOOLS ACCUSED OF HIDING STUDENTS' GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTS"[Ethnic studies] teaches the teacher to tell the student that the term adultism is a negative thing," Streit told Fox News Digital.
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Teacher training programs across the country are adopting radical new educational theories to undermine parental authority and drive a wedge between parents and children, PragerU CEO Marissa Streit warned in an interview with Fox News Digital.Streit is raising concerns over the rapid spread of "ethnic studies" curriculum, which she says is being implemented or endorsed in more than 22 states across the nation. She specifically cited the controversial term "adultism," saying it paints standard parental boundaries as a form of oppression.While the term "adultism" historically originated in sociology to describe age discrimination against children, Streit argued it has found new life in radical training materials and is being used to portray standard parenting rules on clothing, relationships or major medical decisions as a form of "fascism" or tyranny.FAR-LEFT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE AT TEACHERS UNION HQ RAISES CLASSROOM CONCERNSStreit displayed a teacher training manual titled, "Lessons In Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators," which she says promotes anti-capitalism, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and the rejection of adult authority.The textbook's publisher, AK Press, says the book is "designed for educators, parents, and young people, this toolkit shines a light on innovative abolitionist projects, particularly in Pre-K–12 learning contexts."However, Streit argues that ethnic studies modules simply repackage concepts like DEI, social-emotional learning, and Critical Race Theory, that have received negative attention, to promote many of their same anti-capitalist and Marxist ideals.TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS WOKE SCHOOLS ACCUSED OF HIDING STUDENTS' GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTS"[Ethnic studies] teaches the teacher to tell the student that the term adultism is a negative thing," Streit told Fox News Digital. "When an adult is behaving like an adult by telling their child that the child should not dress a certain way or have sex at an early age or even request sex or gender changes ... the parent is engaging in adultism." She quoted a passage from the text, which allegedly says, "Adultism teaches us that adults have the power and the right to decide what young people's boundaries should be."According to a June report by the San Francisco Chronicle, ethnic studies workshops at local schools have drawn "significant controversy" for promoting the idea of adultism as a form of oppression."Due to systemic power dynamics inherently the relationship between students and educators is an oppressive one," the Chronicle cited from one of the alleged training presentations that circulated on social media.Streit also tied the push against "adultism" to ongoing legal and political battles over parental notification policies.
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- Teacher training programs across the country are adopting radical new educational theories to undermine parental authority and drive a wedge between parents and children, PragerU CEO Marissa Streit warned in an interview with Fox News Digital.Streit is raising concerns over the rapid spread of "ethnic studies" curriculum, which she says is being implemented or endorsed in more than 22 states across the nation. She specifically cited the controversial term "adultism," saying it paints standard parental boundaries as a form of oppression.While the term "adultism" historically originated in sociology to describe age discrimination against children, Streit argued it has found new life in radical training materials and is being used to portray standard parenting rules on clothing, relationships or major medical decisions as a form of "fascism" or tyranny.FAR-LEFT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE AT TEACHERS UNION HQ RAISES CLASSROOM CONCERNSStreit displayed a teacher training manual titled, "Lessons In Liberation: An Abolitionist Toolkit for Educators," which she says promotes anti-capitalism, Critical Race Theory (CRT), and the rejection of adult authority.The textbook's publisher, AK Press, says the book is "designed for educators, parents, and young people, this toolkit shines a light on innovative abolitionist projects, particularly in Pre-K–12 learning contexts."However, Streit argues that ethnic studies modules simply repackage concepts like DEI, social-emotional learning, and Critical Race Theory, that have received negative attention, to promote many of their same anti-capitalist and Marxist ideals.TRUMP ADMIN TARGETS WOKE SCHOOLS ACCUSED OF HIDING STUDENTS' GENDER TRANSITIONS FROM PARENTS"[Ethnic studies] teaches the teacher to tell the student that the term adultism is a negative thing," Streit told Fox News Digital.
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