Sen. Cruz is introducing a costs to improve clarity of international curriculum in American schools as the report comes.
A new report asserts that a related” Confucius Classrooms” program at the K-12 level continues to be a pressing issue despite the fact that most of the Confucius Institutes at U.S. colleges and universities have been closed down as a result of legislative attention in recent years.
Published by the National Association of Scholars in mid-July,” China and our Children” argues the Chinese Communist Party has installed” Confucius Classrooms” programs at strategic locations in the U. S. to invade British nation, get secrets, and make love for China.
At a section conversation on the report’s release on July 23 at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C.,” It’s not only happening in blue areas,” said Parents Defending Education Action’s director of national politics.
The study found that the Chinese-funded courses teach school children Mandarin, develop social support for China, provide components that celebrate the socialist country and its socialism, help teacher and student exchange programs, and more. They frequently come with costs because the U.S. places where they are established must consent to doing business with China.
The study found 164 instances of Confucius Schools, including those documented by Parents Defending Education and more cases found via open-source information from the U. S. and China, according to the study’s professional description.
Parents Defending Education added that parents found Confucius classrooms close to 20 American military installations.
At the panel event, the report’s author Ian Oxnevad said others are set up near critical technology plants, for example, there is one near the Lenovo headquarters in North Carolina.
According to him, the Confucius Classrooms program’s unstated goal is to denigrate and plagiarize American businesses, technology, and education before eventually overthrow the nation.
According to him, the Chinese Communist Party is following the philosophy of the Chinese military general Sun Tzu, who urged subduing the enemy with force.
” It makes sense China would want Confucius Classrooms in these districts”, Oxnevad said.
Oxnevad also argued some nonprofits are complicit in funding the survival of Confucius Classrooms, including Asia Society, IL Texas Global, and The College Board. The 100, 000 Strong Foundation, attempting to increase the number of students studying abroad in China, also included help from companies and locales, he said.
According to the report, Congress needs to reauthorize the Foreign Agents Registration Act and create programs in foreign languages that are based on American ideas.
Republicans ‘ representatives appear to be doing just that.
According to The Hill, Texas Senator Ted Cruz on Monday proposed legislation that would require schools to notify parents when any foreign funding or curriculum is being used. A House education committee has already approved a companion bill.
The Chinese Communist Party uses enormous resources to dictate what Americans ultimately perceive and experience. In a statement regarding his Transparency in Reporting of Adversarial Contributions to Education, or TRACE Act, Cruz stated that the CCP is still actively pursuing American educational institutions as well as other foreign adversaries.
According to the panelists, China was able to penetrate American educational systems because it was n’t always perceived as a threat prior to COVID, which was why.
Many of these partnerships “were created when China was perceived differently than it is now,” according to Oxnevad.
According to Exner, 87 percent of parents are concerned about foreign influence and propaganda being spread in the classroom, according to a study by Parents Defending Education.
Parents are concerned, according to Exner, that it would be bad to turn off an entire generation of Americans to their cause. Parents were of primary concern about the Confucius Classrooms ‘ strategic placement.
Exner cited concerns about the Chinese gathering intelligence from military personnel as “unknown and frightening.”
” It is no secret that China is an adversary”, Exner said.
According to Oxnevad, changing incentives for American investors is a possible solution to Chinese investment in schools. It must be a zero-sum game: every foreign dollar invested means one less tax dollar, he said.
” China is not a benign power: Chinese banks support terrorism, and Hamas has used Chinese banks”, Oxnevad said.
IMAGE: National Association of Scholars
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