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The NEA Goes Sustainable

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Jan 18, 2023
Education is facing a significant shift towards direct activism tied to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. A recent NEA Foundation document reveals intricate lesson plans aimed at integrating global citizenship and sustainability from a young age. The push for social-emotional learning and resilience is framed as a means to ease student resistance to these new directions. James explores how these global educational initiatives are rapidly being prepared for teachers, highlighting lessons on critical issues like hunger even in kindergarten.
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ANECDOTE

Conversation With A Skeptical Commentator

  • James Lindsay recounts a conversation with Josh Zeps who couldn't see the problem with UNESCO's influence.
  • He uses that exchange to show others often miss these global links until shown the documents.
INSIGHT

SDG Target 4.7 Mandates 'Global Citizenship'

  • Target 4.7 of the SDGs requires education to promote sustainable development, human rights, gender equality, and global citizenship.
  • Lindsay emphasizes that requirement aims to make students activists for SDGs by 2030.
INSIGHT

Curriculum Claims Triple Alignment

  • Reimers' curriculum claims alignment with SDGs, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the WEF risk framework.
  • Lindsay reads this as a coordinated, long-term design tying education to global governance aims.
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