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Organization Trends
NewsGuard: AFT’s Shiny New Indoctrination Tool
Imagine every article that public school students see being “fact-checked” by a radical leftist organization. That’s the future that the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), the second largest teachers union…
by Kali Fontanilla on April 14, 2023

Book Profile
Stolen Youth and the “Power of the Powerless”
In "Stolen Youth: How Radicals are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation," Bethany Mandel and New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz detail the alarming shifts toward ideological indoctrination in education…
by Michael Watson on March 15, 2023

Press Notice
CRC Welcomes New Education Research Fellow Kali Fontanilla
Capital Research Center (CRC) welcomes Kali Fontanilla as a new research fellow, teacher, and critic of all things woke. Fontanilla, a former public high school teacher of 15 years, and…
by CRC Staff on March 7, 2023

Organization Trends
The SPLC’s Readymade Lessons for Teaching Radicalism in the Classroom
Despite the education crisis in America, teachers are taking precious time in the classroom to deliver lessons steeped in leftist narratives and agendas. The source of this political indoctrination is…
by Kali Fontanilla on March 6, 2023

Book Profile
Agency: Giving Kids and Their Caregivers Hope for the Future
Ian Rowe is an optimist, and that shines through in his new book, "Agency: The Four Point Plan (F.R.E.E.) for All Children to Overcome the Victimhood Narrative and Discover Their…
by Sarah Lee on October 4, 2022

Podcast
InfluenceWatch Podcast #229: Agency with Ian Rowe
We’ve heard a great deal lately about education in America, from discussions about school choice post-COVID restrictions to whether curriculum is being developed that helps children learn to succeed at…
by Sarah Lee on August 2, 2022

Organization Trends
Woke Mental Health
Wokeism has started leeching into the mental health professions, blurring the lines between treating people and enabling them. In fact, the culture of woke in academia is referred to as…
by Katie Cagle on June 9, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: The Hydra
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. Much of the education “reform” sweeping across America has been financed and pushed by elite, well-heeled foundations.
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Equity Initiatives
The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones’s 2019 New York Times series turned grade school curriculum, might never have seen the light of day if not for the MacArthur Foundation. In 2014,…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022

Foundation Watch
Foundations Destroying American Public Education: Education
The world of K–12 education policy has long been dominated by philanthropic foundations. It was the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation that pushed for Common Core, the national education standards…
by Luke Rosiak on May 20, 2022