News - Emotional Learning Will Be the Downfall of Society | Heartland Institute

News - Emotional Learning Will Be the Downfall of Society | Heartland Institute:
"Critics of the public school system, myself included, often disparage government schools for failing to teach kids.
Yes, it’s alarming U.S. students continue to lag academically behind their international peers (only about one-third of high school graduates are prepared for college), and it’s pathetic most students test very poorly in geography, civics, reading, and math. 
As bad as it is that schools aren’t teaching our kids important areas of learning, it’s what they are teaching that should really frighten us.
Increasingly, more schools are adopting an aggressively progressive curriculum.
In Minnesota, “School leaders adopted the ‘All for All’ strategic plan—a sweeping initiative that reordered the district’s mission from academic excellence for all students to ‘racial equity,’” 
The Weekly Standard reported in February. Children in kindergarten are expected to become “racially conscious” and examine their “white privilege.”
And leftists’ radical agenda is taking hold in a less blatant but no less toxic way in the rise of social and emotional learning (SEL), which presents just as much danger to parents, kids, and the education system as Common Core..."
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