{"id":1643188,"date":"2022-09-16T15:17:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1643188"},"modified":"2022-09-16T15:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:18:01","slug":"report-michigans-education-department-is-urging-teachers-to-transition-kids-behind-parents-backs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-michigans-education-department-is-urging-teachers-to-transition-kids-behind-parents-backs\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Michigan\u2019s Education Department Is Urging Teachers To \u2018Transition\u2019 Kids Behind Parents\u2019 Backs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-michigans-education-department-is-urging-teachers-to-transition-kids-behind-parents-backs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1643188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A new program from Michigan\u2019s Department of Education (MDOE) advocates for gender \u201cfluidity\u201d starting at the elementary school level and pushes educators to \u201cfacilitate the sexual transition of minors without parental consent,\u201d according to a new bombshell report.<\/p>\n<p>After obtaining \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1umYJMpZsR55Llxmj7MTzXYIiVQVR8KgdVZVMF2VDmDs\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">videos<\/a>\u00a0and internal documentation from the state\u2019s training program, which first took place in 2020 and was repackaged for public school employees for the 2021\u20132022 school year,\u201d senior fellow at the\u00a0Manhattan Institute Christopher Rufo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/michigan-education-department-radical-gender-teacher-training?wallit_nosession=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> that the \u201ctraining program mimics the basic narrative of academic queer theory: the presenters claim that the West has created a false notion that \u2018gender is binary\u2019 in order to oppress racial and sexual minorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn response, the department encourages teachers to adopt the principle of \u2018intersectionality,\u2019 a key tenet of critical race theory, in order to \u2018dismantle systems of oppression,\u2019 which are replicated through the culture and institutions of education,\u201d Rufo explained. \u201cThe first step to dismantling these systems, according to the presenters, is to disrupt the gender binary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In one video, self-described \u201cBlack, masculine-identified, cisgendered lesbian baby boomer\u201d trainer Amorie Robinson describes the vast array of gender \u201cterminology out there for [educators] to learn,\u201d such as \u201cgender fluid,\u201d \u201cgender queer,\u201d or \u201cgender non-conforming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students may identify as \u201casexual, lesbian, straight, gay, bisexual, queer, questioning, demisexual, demiromantic, aromantic, and skoliosexual,\u201d said Robinson. \u201cI\u2019ll leave that to you to go Google on those. Because we ain\u2019t got time today!\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"sJwRerNULlDqiGcrZJ8Zk3MMqmyaYEQa9yXjkl6nRYs1TGTSuLHEQdSfIFgC6Kbpn0FWAdHp1womx2V5DIzzChUP\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Trainer Amorie Robinson, who says she is a \u201cBlack, masculine-identified, cisgendered lesbian\u201d and uses the \u201cAfrican name\u201d Kofi Adoma, says that gender is an infinite spectrum, including identities such as \u201cgenderfluid,\u201d \u201cgenderqueer,\u201d \u201cbutch,\u201d \u201cstud,\u201d and \u201cquestioning.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRs3AWIpcx\">pic.twitter.com\/JRs3AWIpcx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1570155939931750401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When asked in a separate clip by a teacher who wanted to know \u201chow to respond to a student in her classroom who claims to have \u2018she\/he\/they\/them\u2019 pronouns,\u201d Amorie replied by telling the instructor to \u201cgo with what the kid says\u201d because \u201cthey\u2019re the best experts on their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re the best experts on their own identities and their own bodies,\u201d Amorie said. \u201cYou may have to sit with some discomfort sometimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rufo detailed how the training program advises teachers to \u201cabandon so-called gendered language, such as \u2018boys and girls,\u2019 and replace those terms with gender-neutral variations such as \u2018earthlings,\u2019 \u2018people with penises,\u2019 and \u2018people with vulvas,&#8217;\u201d with the MDOE also recommending that teachers \u201ccreate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.city-journal.org\/gsa-clubs-smuggle-gender-ideology-into-k-12-education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018Gender &#038; Sexuality Alliance\u2019 clubs<\/a>\u00a0targeting students as young as elementary school, using private communications and fictitious names to conceal the nature of these initiatives from parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn private, however, the trainers are straightforward about their objectives: these clubs, using cover names such as \u2018Leadership Club\u2019 or \u2018Everyone for Equality,\u2019 are explicitly designed to advance left-wing gender \u2018activism\u2019 and to promote gender \u2018fluidity\u2019 beginning in elementary school,\u201d Rufo noted.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more concerning aspects documented in the training program, however, is the MDOE\u2019s bid to \u201cfacilitate the sexual transition of children\u201d without parental knowledge. When asked how liability is affected if a student \u201cdies by suicide and parents did not know the student\u2019s chosen name or pronouns were being used at school,\u201d Kim Phillips-Knope, who serves as the project lead of MDOE\u2019s LGBTQ+ Students Project, said that while \u201cthe law is really clear\u201d about reporting acts or intended acts of self-harm, teachers can notify parents without \u201couting\u201d the student or \u201csaying why\u201d their child is suicidal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re sort of into that area of like, \u2018you\u2019re going to hurt yourself or somebody else,\u2019 and you have a duty to report\u2014I mean, the law is really clear about that\u2014you can also talk to parents, though, about like that \u2018your kid is having suicidal thoughts,\u2019 without outing them, without saying why,\u201d Phillips-Knope said. \u201cYou can say, \u2018We have some concerns, your child has shared this,\u2019 [but] I would one-thousand percent recommend working with the student to let them guide that process.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"FVi5XU9utJTBbHClI6zDekEWOgadm4r3xZjPqf\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Finally, the Michigan Department of Education instructs teachers how to facilitate child sexual transitions and recommends that they keep a child&#8217;s \u201cchosen name and pronouns\u201d a secret from parents, even if the child is suicidal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XtvfaEz6JN\">pic.twitter.com\/XtvfaEz6JN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1570161115707092993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>According to Rufo, the Michigan Department of Education has defended the radical program by saying in a statement that it\u2019s about \u201crespecting all children\u201d and \u201cmeet[ing] the needs of their LGBTQ+ students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to the report, Michigan\u2019s Republican gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon has blasted the department for \u201ctargeting and confusing our children at the most critical time in their development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is astonishing that the activist-run education department is officially training teachers to hide important information from parents about their children at all, but it is unconscionable that they believe this is even appropriate when children are suicidal,\u201d Dixon said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tudordixon.com\/media\/tudor-dixon-responds-to-sickening-michigan-department-of-education-radical-gender-teacher-training\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cWhat is wrong with these people? Make no secret about it \u2013 our own state agency is being weaponized to actively recruit our kids and advance their radical gender theory with zero input from parents.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new program from Michigan\u2019s Department of Education (MDOE) advocates for gender \u201cfluidity\u201d starting at the elementary school level and pushes educators to \u201cfacilitate the sexual transition of minors without<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1643188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1643188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1643188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1643188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1643188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1643188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}