Many people, with some justification, believe the United Nations is just a harmless debating society without any teeth to it. The reality is that there exist a variety of conduits by which educator associations, UNESCO, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), and a host of UN and global NGOs influence American education. Woke education in Alaska looks just like the Woke education in New Jersey looks just like the Woke education in Kenya or some other Third World nations where UN influence more directly impacts the daily lives of citizens. DEI along with more or less subtle undermining of U.S. sovereignty (climate change propaganda and so-called Social Justice initiatives) are a global cultural onslaught in education, not just an American Progressive anomaly. Such initiatives need to end ASAP.
The incoming administration is going to work like Eliot Ness and the Untouchables, exposing and indicting all these global educational initiatives—including Education for Global Citizenship, SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) in education, Education for Sustainable Development, and Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), not to mention any vestiges of Common Core–derived from the UNESCO World Core curriculum. Many of the ideas summarized here have been culled from James Lindsay and he deserved kudos for his insights.
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