YES, IT'S IN OUR SCHOOLS. VERIFIED EXAMPLES OF POLITICAL IDEOLOGY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE INFLUENCES WOVEN INTO WHAT ROCKWOOD STUDENTS AND TEACHERS EXPERIENCE

"...another form of privilege."

That quote from the image to the right is part of a video that Rockwood 9th graders watched for an assignment in Language Arts class in the spring of 2021. It tells students that white people are privileged.

The video was used in the Cultural Identity unit, which is one of the units mentioned in the infamous email a Rockwood literacy coordinator sent, that told teachers how to hide lesson materials from parents in April, 2021.

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Below are links to other posts on this site that are also verified examples of political ideology or social justice influences found in Rockwood lesson materials, books, or otherwise seen at school. These have been brought to our attention by parents, teachers, and students.

This post has been updated to include more recent examples. Also, scroll down to see first hand accounts from Rockwood parents.

EMPHASIS ON RACISM (see also: Law enforcement portrayed in a negative light)

See the Rockwood book that tells kids white people think they deserve more than everybody else

See the book a Geggie Elementary librarian removed: BLM, LGBTQ, ABORTION

Video: White people have privilege

CNN Article: Microaggressions

English Language Arts lesson movie clip: Black people are powerless with police

Movie clip The Hate U Give Intersectionality

Identity assignments

Class Quiz on opinion

THE email: efforts to hide ideology

Controversial student empowerment groups

Questionable contracts for controversial student empowerment groups leads to administrator's resignation

GENDER/SEXUALITY TOPICS

Hall displays include LGBTQ sexual attraction terms and definitions

Elementary schools: see the Rockwood gender identity book that tells kids doctors and parents are sometimes wrong

LGBTQ pride display in the hall

7th grade Spanish class slide: bisexual, non-binary

Students who want to be "Leaders" in Human Rights must discuss gender and sexuality

Gender topics taught in 8th grade Language Arts

THE guidebook to inject ideology into class lessons

Student newspaper sex survey

POLITICAL MESSAGING

First Responder flag removed

Abortion flyer

LAW ENFORCEMENT PORTRAYED IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT

Books and Lessons: Police are brutal; racist

Dear Martin Workbook

Dear Martin book

Black Lives Matter: assigned reading

The Hate U Give book

Movie clip The Hate U Give Powerlessness

Is Rockwood pushing books with anti-police themes?

WHY TEACHERS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AND STRETCHED THIN

Teachers have to inflate grades to be more equitable

Equity folder

DEI training teachers didn't want

LEAKED: Teachers are uncomfortable focusing on "privilege."

Math Class: Don't Trust Police

THE email that told teachers to hide controversial content

Science teachers should talk about racism and homophobia during class

Teacher Training: Whiteness

Teachers told to push books with black or gay authors

Teachers encouraged to use this resource that lawmakers want to ban

Teacher Resource: TCRWP

Teacher Resource: a source Missouri lawmakers want to ban. Learning for Justice

BOOKS

Other controversial books in Rockwood

ROCKWOOD PARENTS SPEAK OUT

What parents say their children experienced

PROFICIENCY 

While time and resources are spent on political ideology, standardized test scores are down.

Note: None of these topics are in Missouri's learning standards, so none of it is required learning according to the state of Missouri.

Also note: This post was originally published in 2022, and has been updated with additional examples.