The curriculum for teachers in training at Michigan State University’s top-ranked College of Education has been flagged for lessons that focus on concepts that denigrate white people and promote critical race theory, drawing steep criticism from GOP students and leaders in the state.
MSU student Adrianna Mobley provided a stack of lessons to The Federalist, which published an investigative report in late October detailing how course materials “have a constant focus on race and a consistent dismissal of capitalist principles.”
At the same time, Young America’s Foundation published details of a mandatory course for students in the program called “Social Foundations of Justice and Equity in Education.”
It teaches that educators “who cling to their Whiteness cannot participate in abolitionist teaching because they are a distraction, are unproductive, and will undermine freedom at every step, sometimes in the name of social justice,” according to one of its textbooks.
MSU’s is currently ranked #1 by U.S. News for elementary and secondary education.