Tax dollars account ‘ mindfulness meditation,’ ‘ spinning circles,’ ‘ anti-bias education’
The Department of Justice poured more than$ 100 million into “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives at schools from K-20, including grants to Temple University, Bowling Green State, and Pennsylvania State Universities, a watchdog report found.
The institutes received funding for “restorative fairness, DEI, and social personal learning”, according to Parents Defending Education, a nonprofit that advocates for parental rights.
” While SEL was originally intended to teach kids skills like self-awareness, self-management, and goal setting, the conceptual shift to ‘ Transformative SEL ‘ prioritizes capital and ‘ the collective’ — it has become another lane to deliver DEI into the classroom”, the report states.
Vice President Caroline Moore stated via email to The College Fix that” the existing Department of Education believes that public schooling is more important than science, history, and math.”
There is a clear disconnect between those who think these programs are essential to learning and those who think the foundations of English, math, science, and history are crucial to helping students succeed and make a difference in the world around them, she said.
She also said there’s no benefit to introducing politicians into the school. Schools should cultivate the free exchange of ideas and concentrate on teaching kids subjects like mathematics, science, history, and English without trying to advance political or social beliefs.
Additionally, Moore told The Fix that PDE held a recent poll showing that” Americans, no matter their background, want to restore public schools so that students graduate with the knowledge they need to be self-sufficient, not to feel guilty for their supposed luxury …”
The Department of Education has been deceptive in providing cash across the country, according to she, “taxpayers want accountability and transparency in the financing of common institutions.”
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One offer, in the amount of$ 1.8 million, went to Bowling Green State University” to create student mental health education in remote and high-poverty regions that involved’ meditation meditation, yoga, and knitting lines,'” the report says.  ,
The outline of the prize states “mental health second support, social-emotional learning, stress management” and “positive communications” are” critically important for reducing violence” quite as “bullying” and “aggression” in schools.
Temple University, in partnership with various K-12 school districts, was awarded a sum of nearly$ 1.7 million to fund various” comprehensive and innovative violence prevention” measures for “at-risk and systems-involved youth … from high violence, high poverty and high trauma communities in Philadelphia”.
One initiative includes” training in community policing, trauma informed conflict emphasizing racial/historical and intergenerational trauma, impacts of social media on conflict and conflict escalation and management, anti-bias education, restorative practices”.
In addition, the DOJ awarded Pennsylvania State University nearly$ 1.8 million to combat cyberbullying in K-12 schools.
The project aims” to meaningfully advance equity in violence prevention for communities historically underserved, marginalized, adversely affected by inequality, and disproportionately impacted by crime, violence, and victimization ( People of Color ( POC), women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA + community )”, according to the report.
In the last two weeks, The Fix emailed the Department of Justice, Temple University, Penn State, and Bowling Green State Universities to inquire about the justification for the money’s use. None responded.
Other grants included$ 2 million to Alabama State University,$ 1.5 million to Michigan State University, and$ 1.3 million to Texas State University for similar programs.
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