Indoctrination is the antonym of critical thinking. It is the bane of our schools and of our political culture. It arrests intellectual maturation and the search for truth without ulterior motives.

Some of our political leaders seemed to be talking out of both sides of their mouths about why it is wrong for public school employees to engage in what the leaders think is pushing a point of view ...

I have been hearing a lot lately about indoctrination in UW System classrooms and it is pretty disturbing. And unfamiliar. I am a faculty member in the political science department on the UW-Madison ...

As millions of children return to public school, it’s a good idea to again examine what they are being taught and what is being left out. It also offers an annual opportunity for parents to ask if ...

Norwin School District has new guidelines when it comes to teaching about controversial subjects. It’s the kind of thing that has been growing in the district and others like it for months while ...

First, one of the points of the Brainerd School Board Election is the issue of indoctrination. I have asked candidates who say that there is indoctrination to point out instances of such ...

Most of us assume we are critical thinkers. After all, we often disagree with other people. But being “critical” (expressing adverse comments) is vastly different from the act of “critical thinking” ...

The Arkansas Times ran a good story today courtesy of the Arkansas Advocate and Stateline about PragerU, the conservative media group churning out curriculum with overt rightwing bias. These PragerU ...

This is what it means to go back-to-school in America today. Instead of being taught the three R’s of education (reading, writing and arithmetic), young people are being drilled in the three I’s of ...

Regent Robert Cramer speaks during a meeting of the Iowa Board of Regents in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of ...

Florida teachers are now able to use videos in class produced by the conservative online media company PragerU. Its founder admits indoctrination is its goal. Florida is the first state to approve ...

A still frame from an "adoption awareness instruction" video for grades 10-12, distributed by the Arkansas Department of Education Credit: ADE Arkansas doesn’t allow indoctrination in schools, except ...