Newsom boasts: California mandates far-left books, doesn’t ban them.
California’s “Freedom” in Education
California Governor Gavin Newsom often talks about Republican “book bans” and promotes his state as a model of educational “freedom.” However, California forces students and parents to study the same far-left materials that some “red states” restrict.
Newsom claims his policies differentiate California from states like Florida and Texas, where “education is under assault in ways that I’ve never experienced in my lifetime.” He urges residents of conservative states to “join us in California, where we still believe in freedom.”
However, under Newsom, California requires schools to teach progressive takes about gender, sexuality, and race—sometimes in graphic ways. The governor this week warned school district officials not to remove materials they deem inappropriate no matter what parents say. Violators, he warned, face investigation by the state justice department.
Explained Lance Izumi, the senior director of education studies at the Pacific Research Institute: “When you mandate something, you also ban other points of view, especially when schools adopt very radical types of curriculum.”
What California Requires in K-12 Education
History
In 2011, California became the first state to legally require schools to feature gay, bisexual, and transgender role models in history-social science courses. The state guidelines call for second-grade lessons on family to include LGBT parents and 11th-grade World War II studies to emphasize discrimination against gay soldiers. High schoolers should also learn about Gay Liberation Front activists, drag icon Jose Sarria and sexologist Alfred Kinsey, who conducted friendly research with pedophiles and dismissed the harms of rape, according to the state of California.
Since 2017, California must approve all kindergarten-through-eighth grade history-social sciences textbooks and materials to ensure they include mandated material.
One first-grade textbook that the state deems compliant features Newsom as an LGBT icon because he illegally issued same-sex marriage licenses as mayor of San Francisco. The Sacramento Bee Read More From Original Article Here: Gavin Newsom Brags That California Doesn't 'Ban' Far-Left Books. Instead, It Requires Them.
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