America's Educational Institutions Continue to Grapple with Extreme Gender Ideologies, According to Trump's Revelation
In recent times, controversies surrounding K-12 education have been making headlines across the United States. From Wisconsin to Texas, parents and students are voicing their concerns about the direction of education in the country.
In Wisconsin, special education teacher Kally Bishop was forced to transfer schools due to a district mandate on 'culturally responsive practices'. Meanwhile, in Monroe County, New York, a school board meeting was disrupted by parents over the assignment of 'The Rainbow Parade: A Celebration of LGBTQIA+ Identities and Allies' to elementary students.
These incidents are not isolated. In Maryland, a high school senior was barred from graduating after his family objected to a required health class that promoted gender identity and LGBTQ+ content. Similarly, in Virginia, two high school boys were suspended for objecting after a female student who claimed to be male entered the boys' locker room and began filming other students.
The concerns extend beyond the realm of cultural issues. Math scores were near historic lows, indicating a failure in the core mission of schools. The 2024 Nation's Report Card showed that nearly 70 percent of fourth and eighth graders are reading at or below 'Basic', the worst results in the test's history.
President Donald Trump recently warned that far-left ideology is still a major threat in K-12 schools. During a meeting at the White House's Religious Liberty Commission, Trump highlighted the dangers of political indoctrination in the classroom. He blasted an episode as proof of 'radical gender ideology' being pushed on students.
The issue of radical ideology being smuggled into classrooms under the banner of 'inclusion' has been a contentious one. Trump's sentiments were echoed by 12-year-old Shea Encinas, who shared his experience of being forced to read a book with LGBTQ themes in a California public school. After speaking up about the book, Encinas and his family were treated badly, and his brothers were bullied by other students.
In June, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Montgomery County, Maryland, violated religious liberty by forcing children to sit through LGBTQ storybooks without an opt-out. The case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, revealed that families had to fight all the way to the Supreme Court to keep their kindergartners from being read transgender storybooks and LGBTQ propaganda.
In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Coppell Independent School District for allegedly violating Texas law by using taxpayer resources to distribute CRT-related materials. The book, shown to children as young as five, includes illustrations of adult-themed parade scenes and was deemed inappropriate by many parents.
These incidents raise questions about the role of parents in their children's education. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels argued in The Communist Manifesto that the education of children should belong to the state, not their parents. However, school bureaucrats seem to share this goal, stripping parents of authority and handing their children over to leftist ideology.
Teachers have been fired, parents silenced, and students punished for questioning leftist dogmas in schools. The challenges faced by educators, parents, and students alike call for a reevaluation of the current educational system and a return to the core mission of educating children.
