The fight for liberty starts in the classroom — how one state is joining the battle

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : In 2021, the head of Detroit’s public schools admitted: “Our curriculum is deeply using critical race theory, especially in social studies, but you’ll find it in English language arts and the other disciplines.
56% : Their influence can be seen clearly in the rise of critical race theory within school curricula.
53% : Over decades, Marxist theorists recast education as a form of political activism.
52% : The purpose of public education in America was never just to teach basic literacy or vocational skills — it was to shape citizens capable of sustaining a free republic.
49% : Thomas Jefferson, the most forceful advocate for public education among the Founders, argued that knowledge was the first line of defense against tyranny.
47% : And they won’t just learn the 20th-century history: The bill requires content about current-day threats to the United States and its allies posed by communist regimes and activists, the evolution of communism from economic and class-based theories into broader cultural movements dividing our society, and modern methods used to spread them.

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