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Elementary teacher says (on video) he’s trying to break our heteronormative society; calls Pride parade with students a “dream come true”

July 22, 2022 in Gender Ideology, Indoctrination at Mastery Charter Schools (NJ)

An elementary school teacher at Cramer Hill Elementary in the Mastery Charter School network posts lots of his views to social media. He shares a lesson for students between the ages of 4-10 that explores the concept of gender identity.

This elementary teacher explains how his school uses the book called, Red: A Crayon’s Story, to teach kindergarten students about gender identity.

This is part one to the video from yesterday. pic.twitter.com/xREJIOUJZ2
— Eye Inside The Classroom (@EITC_Official) July 22, 2022

He goes on…

This elementary teacher explains that they aren’t trying to turn your kid gay, that they’re just “trying to break our
heteronormative society that we live in.” pic.twitter.com/loMZAP9Lzz
— Eye Inside The Classroom (@EITC_Official) July 21, 2022

The teacher also posts to LinkedIn:

A value that @mastery_schools claims to uphold: “We disrupt systemic racism and the inequities that limit our students’ choices.” Meanwhile their district is at 18% proficiency in math and 23% proficiency in reading. https://t.co/55YT3wLyo7 pic.twitter.com/6EPVoe7ICc
— Eye Inside The Classroom (@EITC_Official) July 22, 2022

Below is the same video of the PRIDE parade shared by the teacher on LinkedIn.

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