Radical Left Circling Wagons with ‘Media Literacy Education’

As if the educational deck isn’t already stacked against schoolchildren with explicit sex education, transgender brainwashing, CRT indoctrination, and pornographic library books, a push to add “media literacy” standards is underway. Leftists are circling the wagons to further ensure that not a glimmer of unbiased instruction is included in the school day. An exposé by Real Clear Investigations (RCI) sheds light on this liberal offensive and the concept behind it.

For several years, Americans have been hearing the terms “disinformation” and “misinformation,” typically when used by liberals to describe anything written or spoken that is counter to the Democrat party line on COVID-19, the validity of the 2020 elections, and everything in between. According to RCI’s Ben Weingarten, the proponents of media literacy instruction claim “the goal is to teach students ‘how to consume information, not what information to consume.’” But the reality may be quite different.

What is a Worldview?

Much like the obviously simple question “What is a Woman?” which made headlines when then-Supreme Court Nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson couldn’t or wouldn’t answer it, many people cannot answer the question “What is a Worldview?”

An online search for the term quickly provides a number of definitions. WorldviewU.org describes it as “a type of belief system or ideology,” adding that “a person’s worldview can influence the way everything in the world is viewed, interpreted, and explained.”

American Federation for Children Champions School Choice

Former Trump Administration Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos, long a supporter of education freedom, is also founder of the nonprofit American Federation for Children (AFC), which works to promote the expansion of school choice programs across the country. Long time school choice activist Corey DeAngelis is a senior fellow with the organization, which believes education dollars should “fund students, not systems.”

Recent surveys consistently show that high percentages of Americans favor school choice, with AFC reporting that 73 percent of parents support choice programs. School closures during the pandemic alerted many parents to what was actually going on in their children’s classrooms, and the result has been a groundswell of parents’ rights efforts, from vocal participation at school board meetings to the formation of new parents’ rights groups. These activists work with state legislators in many areas to curb radical leftwing curricula and enact school choice laws.

Parents’ Rights Movement Full Speed Ahead to 2024

On March 24, Thefederalist.com reported on an undercover audio tape published by the parents’ rights group Freedom Families United, which reveals school board members being trained to disregard parents’ wishes if they oppose woke curricula.

New Mexico School Board Association (NMSBA) Trainer Andrew Sanchez can be heard telling the state’s school board members that “parents do not have a fundamental right to tell you how public school teaches their child.” He further claims: “Parental rights end when you decide to send your kids to public school. What you teach this generation that will soon be voting [is] going to be instrumental to [our] future as a democracy and as society goes forward.”