Revisionist History Alive & Well in U.S. Schools.
Will Pushback by Parents’ Groups Finally Make a Difference?

Poisonous new lessons from the NEA-backed, far-left Zinn Education Project imply that the U.S. Constitution denies rights “especially to Black, Brown, poor, queer, and immigrant communities,” and tell students that knowing their rights isn’t enough. “Students should also be encouraged to ask hard questions,” one lesson claims, such as: “Why doesn’t our Constitution guarantee housing, healthcare, education, or a living wage — rights enshrined in other countries’ constitutions?”

But other countries’ constitutions do not necessarily guarantee these “rights,” at least not in practice. A 2020 report by the World Policy Center, for example, found that “people in many countries, low- and high-income alike, face barriers in accessing two key drivers of equal opportunity—education and healthcare—or experience daily living conditions that put a healthy life out of reach.” While 83% of constitutions “protect the right to education,” just 46% extend it to secondary schooling. And while 74% “explicitly protect some aspect of the right to health for all citizens, just 36% explicitly protect the right to public health, which can make a critical difference in preventing illnesses and injuries.” [Emphasis added.]

Students Rebel Against Radical Gender Ideology
in Loudoun County

Despite what conservatives view as a disheartening loss in Virginia on November 4, a bright spot appeared in the most notorious county in the state for education policy: Loudoun County, where a battle over liberal transgender ideology has raged for years. Independent school board candidate, Amy M. Riccardi, won a seat on the board of education in Sterling, VA, upsetting the liberal incumbent Arben Istrefi.

Election results posted by vpap.org show that Riccardi received 51.39% of all votes cast, prevailing against the Democrat-backed Istrefi, who won 47.76% of the vote. The Christian Post wrote that Ricardi’s campaign website highlighted her position on the controversial Policy 8040, adopted by the Sterling Board of Education in 2021 “that allows trans-identified students to use sex-segregated facilities that align with their stated gender identity as opposed to their biological sex.”

Warning to School Boards: You’re Next

In the wake of Zohran Mamdani’s election to mayor of New York City, an interesting spate of postings on X are providing food for thought about what comes next. For example, an influencer with nearly 381,000 followers and identified on X simply as “Dr. Maalouf,” posted a video on November 5 that shows an “Islamic imam” explaining how Muslims plan to “take over America.”

In the video, which was clearly recorded before Mamdani rose to power, the imam tells his audience: “Dream big. Have a vision.” He remarks that people once laughed at the idea of Muslims “taking over Mecca. What happened?” he asks rhetorically. “What is Mecca now?”