Nebraska Bill Would Require K-12 Schools to Teach What Communism Really Is

RedState 

There is no longer any doubt that the American public education system is broken. Kids graduate from high school, and even college, without being able to read or write, or in some cases do math. Powerful teachers' unions determine what kids learn, and in turn, what they are not learning. And what they are learning is "America sucks," diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the trans agenda. American students are also led to believe that capitalism is inherently racist and imperialistic, and that socialism and even communism are the way to go. But at least in one state, that is coming to an end.

A new bill, Bill 1024, introduced in the Nebraska State Legislature by State Sen. Dave Murman (R), would require all Nebraska K-12 schools to teach the evils of communism. The Bill states:

The proposed curriculum would range from covering what the bill describes as "the increasing threat of communism in the United States and its allies through the 20th century" to "mass killings that have occurred under communist regimes.” 

The Bill goes on to describe that the curriculum will be: 

age-appropriate and cover topics such as the history of communism in the United States, atrocities committed in its name globally, a comparison of political ideologies like communism and totalitarianism with American democratic principles, the historical threat of communism through the 20th century including specific events like the Cultural Revolution in China and the history of the Soviet Union, the persecution of religious faiths under communist regimes, and the economic and political factors leading to communist revolutions. Additionally, the bill requires the State Board of Education to adopt academic content standards for the history of communism by January 1, 2027, and amends existing law to ensure that committees on American civics examine and approve social studies curricula that align with these new requirements, reinforcing the importance of civic knowledge and patriotic education.

The Nebraska Legislature is officially "nonpartisan," but co-sponsors of the Bill were all Republicans. Murman pointed out the glaringly obvious reason for the Bill, saying,

“There’s a lot of students, especially in college, and kids that are out of the K-12 school system, who seem to support socialism and even communism nowadays. I think we just have to be diligent that the risks and dangers, bad things that happen under communism, are taught in our schools.”

The best part of the bill is the requirement that students take a written test, identical to the entire civics portion of the U.S. Citizenship test. The test is taken before students complete the eighth grade and before graduating from high school. Nebraska is not alone; similar bills have passed in Florida and Texas. 

But as might be expected, the Nebraska State Education Association, the state's largest teachers' union, is opposed to the bill. Teachers' union president Tim Royers said of the bill, “These aren’t good standards. This isn’t the right way to teach history.” Royers added that the wording of the Bill "steps on the toes" of local boards of education, and added, “let teachers write the social studies standards.” Yeah...that would be the problem. Teachers are not teaching actual American history, just their individual view of it. 

Because the Left has taken over education, we have at least two generations of young people who think communism is cool. Now is the time to make sure it's not three.