Commie Klonsky in the Classroom

Who are these guys? Who are the people Barack Obama has been comfortable with for years? What are they up to, and what has he done in lockstep with them? Who has been officially involved with his campaign in a big way? Andrew McCarthy, NRO:

Here’s what you need to know. Klonsky is an unabashed communist whose current mission is to spread Marxist ideology in the American classroom. Obama funded him to the tune of nearly $2 million. Obama, moreover, gave Klonsky a broad platform to broadcast his ideas: a “social justice” blog on the official Obama campaign website.

To be clear, as it seems always necessary to repeat when Obamaniacs, in their best Saul Alinsky tradition, shout down the opposition: This is not about guilt by association. The issue is not that Obama knows Klonsky … or Ayers … or Dohrn … or Wright … or Rashid Khalidi …

The issue is that Obama promoted and collaborated with these anti-American radicals. The issue is that he shared their ideology.

It's commie Klonsky in the classroom, a guy even to the left of the Chinese Maoists he consorted with. Does any parent think their child needs to learn how to demonstrate in the streets, when in many schools academics are already at risk? McCarthy quotes Klonsky:

[S]uccessful social justice education ensures that teachers strike a balance between debating sociopolitical problems that affect children’s lives and teaching them academic basics on which they will be tested. A science teacher can plant an urban garden, allowing students to learn about plant biology, the imbalance in how fresh produce is distributed and how that affects the health of community residents. An English teacher can explore misogyny or materialism in American culture through the lens of hip-hop lyrics. Or as Rico Gutstein, a professor of mathematics education at the University of Illinois, Chicago, suggests, a math teacher can run probability simulations using real data to understand the dynamics behind income inequality or racial profiling. These are “examples of lessons where you can really learn the math basics,” he says, “but the purpose of learning the math actually becomes an entree into, and a deeper understanding of, the political ramifications of the issue.”

Yes, by all means let's teach children in math class they need to spread the wealth. Every subject is ripe for political exploitation. Every child is assaulted with a steady diet of propaganda--the leftist creed--it sounds like a madrassah. Gee, maybe next they'll have the kids make nail bombs for a class project.

Barack Obama denied grants to Hispanic children to be tutored in algebra, squandering a rare opportunity to achieve real education reform, yet gave money to Klonsky, Ayers and his vote and housing fraud creature, ACORN.

This is Barack Obama's only claim to executive experience and leadership--and he chose to pursue a radical agenda benefiting him and his political allies--at the expense of needy children in Chicago, selling our children's future for political expediency. This is not change for the better--this is intellectual bankruptcy and everyday misery. This is the wrecking of the America we know and love.

UPDATE: Michelle Malkin, Reading Bill Ayers. Bragging about bombings. Barack's buddy.
Oh, and blackouts in the new socialist paradise of Hugo Chavez' Venezuela. HotAir.