A previous article reviewed panel discussions at the Heritage Foundation regarding the established constitutional right of parents to direct their children’s education, and the emerging demand for educational choice. Additional panels reviewed how Critical Theory, in the forms of gender ideology and Critical Race Theory is being taught in public schools, despite denials.
Indoctrination in Critical Theory
Emily Kao of the Alliance Defending Freedom who moderated the panels asked Jonathan Butcher of the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation how Critical Theory is being promoted in public education. Butcher said that opposition to Critical Theory is cast by the media as a kind of aggression (e.g., “war on transgender children,” “war on science,” etc.). But as was noted in the previous article, 80% of larger school districts have a “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” officer who acts to spread and enforce identity politics orthodoxy. Many more liberal…
