{"id":2219544,"date":"2024-04-12T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T19:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-new-social-studies-standards-minnesota-public-school-students-to-learn-palestinians-liberation-struggles\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T15:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T19:27:28","slug":"under-new-social-studies-standards-minnesota-public-school-students-to-learn-palestinians-liberation-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-new-social-studies-standards-minnesota-public-school-students-to-learn-palestinians-liberation-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota public school students will now be taught about the &#8220;liberation struggles&#8221; of Palestinians under the new social studies standards"},"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\">40<\/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%2Funder-new-social-studies-standards-minnesota-public-school-students-to-learn-palestinians-liberation-struggles%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=2219544&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--><p>In Minnesota, new K-12 social studies \u200bstandards will cover Palestinians&#8217; struggle for &#8220;liberation&#8221; against Israel, labeled as a\u200c colonizer. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-school-board-approves-curriculum-centered-on-critical-race-theory\/\" title=\"DC School Board Approves Critical Race Theory Curriculum\">curriculum aims<\/a> to teach decolonization, discussing power \u200bdynamics, colonial impact, and narratives dominance. Although not explicitly naming \u2064Israel, private documents link \u2064the Israel-Palestine conflict to these teachings. Approved by a \u200cjudge, the standards intend to educate\u200d future generations about history to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-seeks-to-flip-the-script-on-candidate-quality-in-2024\/\" title=\"GOP aims to redefine 'candidate quality' in 2024.\">avoid repeating past mistakes<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2>Minnesota public school students to learn about &#8216;decolonization&#8217; <\/h2>\n<figure> \t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Minnesota\u2019s new K-12 social studies standards will teach students about Palestinians\u2019 fight for &#8220;liberation&#8221; against the oppressive &#8220;colonizer&#8221; state of Israel, according to documents obtained by a think tank in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Under new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/katherine-kersten-extremist-ideology-has-already-hijacked-minnesotas-social-studies-classes\/600356934\/?refresh=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">standards<\/a> adopted by the Minnesota Department of Education, students will learn about &#8220;decolonization,&#8221; with accompanying examples that portray the Jewish state as a colonizing force.<\/p>\n<p>Students will be instructed to &#8220;describe how individuals and communities have fought&#8221; for &#8220;liberation against systemic and coordinated exercises of power,&#8221; according to the publicly available standards. They will also be asked to analyze &#8220;the impact of colonialism&#8221; and &#8220;dominant and non-dominant narratives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-library-stopped-late-fees-so-i-stopped-returning-books\/\" title=\"No late fees at our library, so no more book returns\">public standards<\/a> don&#8217;t mention Israel directly, but non-public documents obtained by the Center of the American Experiment, a Minnesota-based think tank, show that the Israel-Palestine conflict is listed as a corresponding example to each of the above lessons.<\/p>\n<p>The standards, and accompanying examples, push an &#8220;ideology&#8221; that &#8220;portrays Israel as an illegitimate state\u2014an oppressive &#8216;colonizer&#8217;\u2014whose victims are entitled to forcibly throw off their oppressor,&#8221; Katherine Kersten, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fired-epa-official-sues-biden-administration-over-alleged-purging-of-top-officials\/\" title=\"Fired EPA Official Sues Biden Administration Over Alleged Purging Of Top Officials\">senior policy fellow<\/a> at the center, wrote in a recent op-ed. The standards&#8217; non-public examples highlight Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) as an immigrant who has made &#8220;contributions&#8221; to &#8220;political ideas,&#8221; Kersten notes.<\/p>\n<p>The new standards\u2014which were approved by a judge on Jan. 16\u2014will allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/judge-approves-new-standards-for-social-studies-curriculum-in-minnesota\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">help<\/a> the next generations &#8220;understand our shared history&#8221; and help them avoid &#8220;repeating the mistakes of the past,&#8221; a Minnesota teachers&#8217; union official told Fox 9 after the judge&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota Department of Education spokesman Kevin Burns declined to answer the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>&#8216;s questions, deferring instead to the publicly available guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>The Center of the American Experiment also <a href=\"https:\/\/files.americanexperiment.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/National-Experts-Highly-Critical-of-Minnesotas-Social-Studies-Standards.pdf?v=1709057324&#038;_gl=1*1g8kf5a*_ga*MTc3MTgwNzI5OC4xNzEyOTM0Njg0*_ga_03BRYTYNY0*MTcxMjkzNDY4NC4xLjEuMTcxMjkzNDY5OC40Ni4wLjA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> that Minnesota\u2019s Department of Education &#8220;ignored its own paid expert reviewers, and knowingly crafted academic standards that violate multiple statutory requirements.&#8221; In fact, three out of four reviewers\u2014experts in citizenship and government, economics, geography, and history\u2014criticized the standards, with one of the reviewers reportedly describing them as &#8220;among the worst in the nation.&#8221; The reviewers also found that the standards were imbued with &#8220;pervasive leftward bias,&#8221; divisive ideology, and were unteachable in the classroom, according to the center.\t<\/p>\n<p>Minnesota isn\u2019t the only state to face backlash for dramatic shifts in standards. California\u2019s new equity-focused math curriculum <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/teaching-toward-social-justice-californias-new-math-framework-aims-to-create-equitable-outcomes-between-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">guidelines<\/a> abandon student performance tracking and aim to narrow the gap between gifted and non-gifted learners\u2014at a time when only a third of the state\u2019s students are proficient in the subject. The guidelines also recommend most students wait until ninth grade to take Algebra I, effectively limiting students from reaching Calculus before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-number-of-high-school-graduations-stalled-or-even-dropped-in-2021-because-of-covid-19\/\" title=\"Report: Number of High School Graduations Stalled Or Even Dropped In 2021 Because Of COVID-19\">graduating high school<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jo Boaler, a Stanford University professor whose research was credited with axing eighth grade algebra in San Francisco and nudging the state away from accelerated math pathways, is facing <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/california\/san-francisco-cited-this-professor-to-end-8th-grade-algebra-her-research-had-reckless-disregard-for-accuracy-complaint-alleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allegations<\/a> of &#8220;reckless disregard for accuracy&#8221; in her work, according to an academic <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.proton.me\/urls\/P7BYBG7E6R#VCfOpReAcH9F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaint<\/a> filed last month.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Minnesota, students will now study &#8220;decolonization&#8221; in the state&#8217;s new K-12 social studies curriculum. This includes exploring Palestinians&#8217; struggle for &#8220;liberation&#8221; against Israel&#8217;s perceived colonization. The Minnesota Department of Education&#8217;s updated standards aim to educate students on these global issues<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2360,"featured_media":2219545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/river-sea.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2219544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/river-sea.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219544","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\/2360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2219544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2219544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2219544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2219544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2219544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}