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According to the National Association of Scholars, radical activists seek to transform all education into political activism to advance "social justice" and push their favored pedagogy of "service-learning." As a way of countering that agenda, The Partisanship Out of Civics Act was created by Stanley Kurtz, author and conservative commentator with the Ethics and Public Policy Center.
David Randall, research director for NAS, explains the Act is in response to a "new wave" of legislation on the horizon. "Particularly [legislation] in Illinois that seeks not just to allow teachers to include left-wing activism but requires them to use it," he explains to One News Now.
The model legislation argues that political activism "has no place in formal education" … and that the "free speech, conscience, and religious liberty rights of teachers ought to be respected." It also specifically calls out the following:
"No teacher shall be compelled by a policy of any state agency, school district, or school administration to affirm a belief in the so-called systemic nature of racism, or like ideas, or in the so-called multiplicity or fluidity of gender identities, or like ideas, against his or her sincerely held religious or philosophical convictions."
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The Act also specifies that to graduate from high school, a student must have completed three years in history, government, economics, and geography/social studies – to include at least one year of U.S. history and at least a half-year of U.S. government.
Randall acknowledges the proposal isn't perfect because, as he explains, simply asking a teacher to teach U.S. history in the classroom doesn't mean it will be taught well.
"You'll get lots of kids being taught the Howard Zinn Project or the 1619 Project," he laments. "But it's better than the action civics. At least there's a fighting chance for parents to make sure their local school is teaching proper history and civics."
Randall says while this is only the beginning, "it's a really good beginning."
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