More political indoctrination coming to Illinois classrooms as ‘media literacy’ mandate nears passage – Quickpoint

All Illinois high schools will be required to provide instruction in media literacy under House Bill 234. It passed the House and is poised for passage in the Senate. The concept and most of the bill, which is reproduced below, seem harmless enough. But does anybody seriously expect the subject to be taught objectively?
Sen. Karina Villa (D-West Chicago) is the chief Senate sponsor. Young people are "vulnerable to persecution and misinformation,” she said, as reported by Capitol News Illinois. Sen. Terri Bryant (R-Murphysboro), in a Senate hearing, questioned how objective schools could be in teaching students how to evaluate news stories by separating factual news from “fake news.”
"Villa replied that teachers are trained in how to instruct students in media usage and that the difference between fake news and real news is the same as the difference between fiction and nonfiction," according to Capitol News Illinois.
Oh, how comforting. The kicker is at the bottom of the bill, which calls for the Illinois State Board of Education to prepare instructional materials. Those are the folks that imposed Illinois' infamous, new Culturally Responsive Teaching and Leading Standards, which they and its supporters lied brazenly about, and which call for teaching woke critical race theory as unassailable fact. It's full speed ahead for the conversion of our schools into political indoctrination camps. -Mark Glennon
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D Knytych
2 years ago

Sounds like Marxist indoctrination

StvOh
2 years ago
Reply to  D Knytych

It sure does. And it will reduce time for much needed reading, writing,arithmetic,science, shop class, home economics, physical fitness, civics, honest factual history…but hey, can’t have everything!

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