The New Jersey chapter of the National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union in America, posted the short ad on YouTube. The ad flips back and forth between colorful pictures of teachers with students and black-and-white photos of parents, claiming that the latter is attempting to fuse politics with education.
“When extremists start attacking our schools, that’s not who we are,” the video states. “People who only want to fight to score political points should take that somewhere else.”
The ad arrives amid a nationwide movement from conservatives to enable parents to be more directly involved in their children’s education. Republican governors in states like Virginia and Florida have signed legislation to empower parents to prevent the teaching of critical race theory and gender theory, especially for young students.
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“Defaming parents as ‘extremists’ for standing up for their children is right out of Merrick Garland and Randi Weingarten’s playbook,” Laura Zorc, executive director of Building Education for Students Together, explained to the Daily Caller.
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“New Jersey’s parents deserve better than this NJEA (New Jersey Education Association) slander — standing up for your children is not a political point, it is a parent’s responsibility. The NJEA should be ashamed for pretending they care more about children than their parents,” she continued.
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Conservatives have made substantial gains across the nation by highlighting racialized curriculums, with many progressive school boards getting voted out in local elections.
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The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second-largest teachers union in the nation, commissioned a poll on education in July. It discovered that 43% of Americans think schools devote too much time to teaching gender identity. In the meantime, 21% announced schools aren’t devoting enough time to the topic.
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AFT president Randi Weingarten has further denounced the conservative push on education as “extremist,” though she targeted politicians with the term.
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“While extremist politicians are trying to drive a wedge between parents and teachers by banning books, censoring curriculum and politicizing public education, we’re focused on investing in public schools and the essential knowledge and skills students need,” Weingarten announced in an address in mid-July.
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Republican candidates have found great success in prioritizing the matter, with the most notable victory being Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who homed in on parents after his opponent dismissed their role in influencing curriculums.
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