Students fall behind while schools focus on social justice

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Thanks to a new law, schools will be required to teach, and kids will be required to learn LGBTQ history. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, signed a bill into law last Friday that requires the contributions and history of LGBTQ people to be taught in public schools statewide.

This is not only a blatant attempt to indoctrinate younger generations with liberal propaganda, but it seems like a strange thing for legislators to focus on given how poorly American students are doing in school on a global scale: A national, public education system should not focus on social justice issues but on providing solid fundamental elements of learning.

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