Some pro-Israel members of the United Teachers Los Angeles House of Representatives are condemning the union for bypassing its own policies to expel a Jewish teacher and Zionist activist. @HaleyCohen19 reports: ji.news/57kbv

“Did you know that the ruling Qatari royal family’s foundation ran a multi-million dollar influence campaign in U.S. K-12 public schools?” Great work by @SimoneJWei and @NomiFried @FDD!

Why is an AFT affiliate fundraising to defend people who allegedly discussed killing children?

The permission slip says “political advocacy” and the student stated he’s a senior at Lakeview High School. This was a partisan political rally with extremist groups that students were bused to, paid for by taxpayers. It should not happen again, period.

This is what @ChiPubSchools calls “civics” education. A permission slip obtained by NAVI even called it “political advocacy.” This is a freeze frame from a video shot by @NateFriedman97 in collaboration with NAVI documenting the May Day protest where CPS bused over 2k students to a political protest. The image is a high school senior holding a poster depicting the President as Hitler produced by an extremist Maoist organization. What would you do if you found out this was your kid’s “civics” classroom for the day? @RepFine @EdWorkforceCmte

NAVI Chief Strategy Officer Josh Weiner joined Fox News to break down what happened in Chicago: students bused to a political protest during school hours—on the taxpayer’s dime. Parents send their kids to school to learn, not to be props in someone else’s political agenda. Education funding should serve students, not activism. Teachers should be teaching kids how to think, not what to think. This is exactly the kind of ideological overreach NAVI exists to push back on. Keep an eye on this story as CPS CEO Macquline King testifies before Congress on June 10.

And here it is: QFI's official statement, days after @NAVIvalues reported on the "wind down" x.com/MikaHackner/status/206…

The notable thing about the "Zio" incident is that the moderator first read the question to herself and still read it out. And once read, no one commented on the slur or even flinched. Business as usual. Bit awkward for a group who claims to care about "ACTUAL antisemitism"...

“The Dying Breath of Israel”: NEA Activists Push Palestine Into Union Work open.substack.com/pub/navik1…

After @MikaHackner broke the news via posting an internal memo that @QFIntl announced it was winding down operations. QFI - the foundation tied to the Qatari ruling royal family - took down parts of its website, including the grants page. As I reported with @FDD, QFI was paying the salaries of U.S. K-12 public school teachers via these grants. What happens this morning when you Google QFI Grants ⬇️ Curious as to why? 🤔

Public School Strong counts the National Education Association among its national partners. During a June 4 webinar co-hosted by Rethinking Schools, union activists spoke openly about using public schools as vehicles for political transformation — and about using the message that children deserve strong schools to build public support for a much broader political agenda. “A Different Country, A Different People”: Teacher Union Activists Map May Day Strategy open.substack.com/pub/navik1…

Always on top of it @NAVIvalues @FDD @TheFP @FrannieBlock

NAVI featured in the latest investigation by The Free Press on Qatar's massive influence campaign in the U.S. "On Wednesday, Qatar Foundation International (QFI)... said that it will be 'winding down its operations'... The message was first reported by the North American Values Institute." But what does this really mean for their funding operation? Qatar has poured over $400 billion into American institutions since 2010, from the defense industry to our K-12 public schools. Big props to @FDD for their research. @TheFP @FrannieBlock Read the full breakdown here: thefp.com/p/qatars-influence…

NEW: A new analysis concludes that Qatar has spent over $400 billion in nearly every corner of the U.S., from the defense industry to disaster relief. thefp.com/p/qatars-influence…

Safeguards are overdue. Texas schools should educate students, not serve as platforms for foreign-backed ideological influence. Islamist networks and regime-linked organizations continue to build influence on American campuses.

🇶🇦 Qatari Government Restructures Education Influence Apparatus 🇶🇦 The Qatar Foundation just signed three new study-abroad agreements with several Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) at a conference in Florida: Hampton University, Xavier University of Louisiana, and Prairie View A&M University. This very same week, according to @MikaHackner, Qatar sent notices that it's shutting down Qatar Foundation International, its US-based arm. This isn't a coincidence. QFI has been the subject of scrutiny lately over its influence on K-12 schools, garnering comparisons to the Chinese Confucius Institutes. Now, it seems, Qatar is opting instead for direct partnerships with HBCUs signed out of Doha. I doubt Qatar will actually end its efforts to influence K-12 — it'll just use another mechanism to do so. And we have to find out what it is.