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Parents and education activists expressed skepticism about the Biden administration’s new parents council, arguing its makeup suggests it will simply be a rubber stamp for the White House’s ideological agenda.
The National Parents and Families Engagement Council, introduced last Tuesday, is intended to find “constructive ways to help families engage at the local level,” according to the Department of Education. The council will conduct “listening sessions” to explore what schools can do to help students recover from the pandemic. The meetings will emphasize finding “constructive ways to help families engage at the local level.”
“The National Parents and Families Engagement Council will serve as an important link between families, caregivers, education advocates and their school communities,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said.
Miguel Cardona speaks after President-Elect Joe Biden announced his nomination for Education Secretary at the Queen theater on December 23, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.
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The council includes groups such as The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, Fathers Incorporated; Generations United; Girls, Inc.; League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC); Mocha Moms; National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement; National Action Network; National Military Family Association; National Parent Teacher Association, National Parents Union; The National Center for Parent Leadership, Advocacy, and Community Empowerment, United Parent Leaders Action Network; and UnidosUS.
Some parents are sharing concerns about the chosen groups, arguing they have ideological agendas. LULAC, for instance, sent a letter strongly opposing the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and have openly endorsed Cardona.
Additionally, the National Parents Union publicly defended the infamous National School Board Association (NSBA) letter to the DOJ requesting that parents’ actions at school board meetings should be examined under the Patriot Act as “domestic terrorists.”
“If you threaten to kill school board members, you SHOULD hear from the Justice [Department],” National Parents Union President Keri Rodrigues wrote on Twitter during a back and forth with a parent. “Some of these anti-mask/CRT knuckleheads tried this with us a couple weeks ago.”
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Elizabeth McCauley of the Virginia Mavens told Fox News Digital that the creation of the council is an indication that the Biden administration knows they have been “put on notice by parents across the political spectrum who truly want students educated versus indoctrinated and do not want…
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