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How Public Schools Became Ideological Boot Camps
How Public Schools Became Ideological Boot Camps
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In nearly every public school in the country, children are given curriculum materials that have no official oversight or approval.
By Robert Pondiscio
06.13.24 — Education
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How Public Schools Became Ideological Boot Camps

A pair of teachers at New Jersey’s Fort Lee High School recently taught students that Hamas is a peaceful “resistance movement” and Israel is committing genocide. Teachers at California’s Berkeley Unified School District are “indoctrinating students with antisemitic tropes and biased, one-sided anti-Israel propaganda disguised as education,” according t…

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Robert Pondiscio

Robert Pondiscio is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he focuses on K–12 education, curriculum, teaching, school choice, and charter schooling. He began his education career as a South Bronx public school teacher.

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