{"id":46161,"date":"2022-06-26T05:23:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T09:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46161"},"modified":"2022-06-26T05:23:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T09:23:33","slug":"lets-let-children-be-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=46161","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Let Children Be Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/23\/elise-stefanik-parents-service-members-education-abroad\/?utm_medium=email&amp;pnespid=teBpDCRZM7EW2aSa.C2qAsOA4UulTctsLObhyO1z9h9m59sr_5dGibvGI4gCFjuj3DucPDwNPQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Caller<\/a> reported that Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has proposed an amendment to a defense bill that would provide transparency to parents of children in Department of Defense Education Activity schools.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The proposal amends the National Defense Authorization Act and \u201creinforces that service members with children in Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools have the right to be involved in their children\u2019s education, while increasing transparency and accountability in DoDEA schools,\u201d according to a draft obtained by the Daily Caller.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Stefanik proposed the bipartisan bill after she says she discovered that DoDEA school\u2019s educator training included \u201cradical gender ideologies.\u201d Stefanik alleges that one teacher training told educators to \u201ckeep gender transitioning students a secret from parents,\u201d who are service members.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8230;Under the amendment, DoDEA schools would also be required to post the curriculum for each course and grade level on the school website and make \u201call instructional and educator professional development materials, including teacher\u2019s manuals, films, tapes, books or other reading materials, or other supplementary materials used in any survey, analysis, or evaluation, available for inspection by the parents of children attending the school.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The amendment has bipartisan support, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-H-rOJJ_tcc\">video<\/a> from the House floor. Democratic Rep. Salud Carbajal of California expressed support for the amendment as he claims it would give parents more input in their child\u2019s education.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cAmerica\u2019s servicemembers have the right to be informed and involved in their children\u2019s education, and it is unbelievable that some DoDEA educators do not trust with their own children the very men and women in uniform who keep our nation safe and secure,\u201d Stefanik said. \u201cThere is no need for elementary school students to be taught radical gender ideology, and parents deserve full transparency from DoDEA schools about what is being taught in their child\u2019s classroom.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Department of Defense Education Activity did not respond to the Daily Caller\u2019s request for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please follow the link to the article to see the kind of material that someone thought was appropriate to teach to four-year olds. Four-year olds need to be more interested in blocks and sand boxes than homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, The Daily Caller reported that Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik has proposed an amendment to a defense bill that would provide transparency to parents of children in Department of Defense Education Activity schools. 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