The Biden administration's Justice Department reportedly wasted more than $100 million on the Woke Schools initiative.
Thursday report From 2021 to 2024, the Department of Justice will support programs that promote restorative justice, social-emotional learning, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, according to a report from Parents Advocating Education. Awarded $113,942 in grants to hundreds of school districts in 36 states.
“Federal bureaucrats made a deliberate choice to prioritize ideology and pet projects over protecting America's schoolchildren.”
The report explained that this information was “based on available data and is not accurate,” and noted that the number of districts receiving funding “is likely much higher.”
PDE estimates that the Department of Justice has awarded more than $45 million to promote restorative practices, or SEL. More than $32 million to support DEI initiatives. About $20 million to hire a consultant who frequently promotes critical race theory, gender theory, and queer theory. Additionally, $10 million will be paid to hire new administrators for positions related to restorative justice, SEL, and DEI.
Examples of specific programs funded by the Department of Justice include $2 million to “create safe learning environments that incorporate anti-racism and anti-oppression practices,” and $2 million to “create safe learning environments that incorporate anti-racism and anti-oppression practices,” and It said it included “nearly $2 million to develop mental health programs such as yoga.” , and circular knitting.
The report also noted that the Department of Justice: STOP School Violence Programprovides grants to support projects that “increase school safety by implementing solutions that improve the school environment.”
“Often when schools talk about ‘improving school climate,’ they mean replacing exclusive discipline with restorative practices and social-emotional learning. Exclusive discipline removes subversives from the classroom. , the rest of the class can continue learning. restorative practices, while disrupting more student class time so that both the perpetrator and victim of the incident can come together to discuss what happened and 'repair the damage'; “This is often the case,” the report states. read.
Additionally, “Social-emotional learning (SEL) is more insidious than you might think. Although SEL was originally intended to teach children skills such as self-awareness, self-management, and goal-setting, , the definition change to 'transformative SEL' prioritized equity.” And “assemblages” have become another way to bring DEI into the classroom. ”
Nicole Neily, Founder and President of PDE, said: fox news digital“While the Biden administration has claimed to care about 'student safety,' these grants ultimately result in federal bureaucrats using hardworking taxpayers' dollars to pursue ideological or pet projects rather than protecting America's schoolchildren.” “This highlights that they made a deliberate choice to prioritize this.” ”
The Department of Justice did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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