American Federation of Teachers convention promotes CRT, abortion, and green energy

Originally Published on The Washington Examiner

Proposed resolutions under consideration at the annual convention for the American Federation of Teachers this week include vows to support critical race theory , classroom discussions on gender identity and sexual orientation, and demands for student loan forgiveness.

Set to begin Thursday in Boston, Massachusetts, the long list of resolutions the nation's second largest teachers union will review touches on a wide range of topics in such a way that some parent activists noted that the union's agenda may as well reflect the platform of the Democratic Party.

"One would be hard-pressed to distinguish this list of resolutions from the Democratic Party's wish list," Erika Sanzi, director of outreach for the parent activist group Parents Defending Education, told the Washington Examiner. "Solidarity with Ukraine, divest from fossil fuels, opposition to U.S. sanctions on Cuba, anything about ensuring adequate and effective reading instruction? Nope. Ensuring that children are numerate? Nope. Teaching students basic civics? Nope. The word 'equity' is all over the document, but teaching children to read didn't make the cut."

Ian Prior, the executive director of the political action committee Fight for Schools and a senior adviser at America First Legal, likewise said the document "is chock full of leftist policy recommendations that have absolutely nothing to do with schools."

Randi Weingarten , the president of the AFT and a fixture of Democratic Party politics, was a particular source of Prior's ire…