L.A. Schools Using Middle East Studies Material to Indoctrinate K-12 Students

The Israel Group reports that the Los Angeles Unified School District is partnering with an “interfaith dialogue” organization called the Fellowship of Reconciliation to offer anti-Israel, pro-BDS, Islamist workshops for K-12 teachers. Some course materials are based on a publication written by Israel-bashing Middle East studies professors Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar.

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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