Remember when the biggest worry about teachers unions was whether they’d push for smaller class sizes or better textbooks?
Yeah, those days feel almost nostalgic now.
Recently leaked internal documents from the nation’s largest teachers union paint a very different picture. Instead of focusing on core academics, the upcoming staff training sessions read more like a political boot camp for far-left activism. And the target isn’t just policy. It’s the kids.
What the Training Actually Teaches
The materials are explicit. Union staff and organizers are being prepared for a multi-day session that prioritizes dismantling “systems of privilege and oppression,” with special emphasis on LGBTQ+ issues. There’s an entire module dedicated to confronting “implicit bias, micro-aggressions, and stereotypes.” Sounds reasonable on the surface, right?
Except the examples they give aren’t about treating everyone fairly.
They specifically call out Republican-led policies as part of an “arsenal of racist dog whistles” now paired with anti-transgender legislation. The training openly frames political opposition to certain gender policies as hate, not legitimate disagreement.
“Over the last ten years, Republicans… have paired these attacks with fear-mongering about Critical Race Theory, mobilizing their base with a potent mix of racist and transphobic tropes.”
– Direct quote from the leaked training packet
Let that sink in. The largest teachers union in America is telling its organizers that half the country’s political representation is driven by racism and transphobia. Not policy differences. Not parental concerns. Just hate.
The Race-Class-Gender Playbook
One of the core strategies they’re teaching is something called the “Race Class Gender Narrative.” It’s designed as a counter-message whenever conservatives raise concerns about curriculum or school policies.
In practice, it means reframing every debate — math scores, sports fairness, bathroom access — through the lens of systemic oppression. If parents complain about explicit material in the library, the response isn’t “let’s find age-appropriate books.” It’s “you’re upholding white supremacy and transphobia.”
It’s a conversation-ender disguised as moral clarity.
Gender Transition Guides for Staff
Perhaps most disturbing is the focus on medical transition of minors.
The documents include guidance on using gender-neutral language, facilitating social transitions at school, and — critically — how to do this while minimizing parental awareness. There are tips on avoiding administrative scrutiny and even legal exposure when keeping gender identity secret from families.
Think about that. The union representing 3 million educators is actively training members on how to navigate around parents when it comes to one of the most consequential decisions a child can make.
- Use students’ preferred names and pronouns in class
- Update records quietly when possible
- Direct students to outside resources for blockers or hormones
- Frame parental involvement as potential “harm”
These aren’t hypothetical. These are direct recommendations from the materials.
Why This Matters More Than Ever
We’ve watched reading and math scores plummet to levels not seen in decades. Kids are struggling with basic literacy, yet the priority of the largest teachers union isn’t remediation or excellence.
It’s ideological conformity.
And here’s the part that keeps me up at night: progressives are having fewer children. Birth rates among the most educated, most leftist demographics have collapsed. So if you want your worldview to survive the next generation, there’s really only one option left — capture other people’s kids.
Public schools, with compulsory attendance and taxpayer funding, are the perfect vehicle.
The COVID School Closures Tell the Story
Remember 2020–2021? When unions fought tooth and nail against reopening schools — even after it was clear kids were at almost zero risk and learning loss was catastrophic?
Many of us wondered: why would teachers, of all people, keep children out of the classroom for so long?
The answer, in hindsight, seems painfully obvious. Remote learning gave administrators and activist teachers near-total control over what kids saw and heard. No parents peeking over shoulders. No unexpected classroom visits. Just Zoom and curated Google drives.
It was a dress rehearsal.
The Charter That No Longer Fits
The union in question was originally granted its federal charter with a simple mission: elevate the teaching profession and advance education in the United States.
Today, that charter feels like a relic.
When your staff trainings vilify half the country, push minor medical interventions without parental knowledge, and treat academic decline as secondary to ideological purity — you’ve stopped being an education organization.
You’ve become something else entirely.
What Parents Can Do Right Now
This isn’t hopeless. Awareness is spreading faster than they can hold mandatory trainings.
- Attend every school board meeting — film them if allowed
- Run for local office or support candidates who will
- Request all training materials and curriculum in writing
- Build parallel systems — homeschool co-ops, micro-schools, classical academies
- Never apologize for protecting your children
The era of trusting institutions blindly is over. Your kids are too important.
At the end of the day, teachers unions don’t own our children. We do.
And it’s time we started acting like it.
