Let’s be clear about a sacred American truth: parents have the God-given right and solemn duty to direct the moral and educational upbringing of their children. This principle is not a suggestion; it is the bedrock of a free society, a firewall that protects the family from the ambitions of the state. It is the natural order, where love and heritage, not bureaucracy and ideology, shape the next generation of patriots.

For years, however, conservative parents have had a nagging suspicion—a feeling that something was deeply wrong. They have watched as powerful special interests and distant federal agencies worked to insert themselves between parent and child. As it turns out, that feeling wasn’t paranoia; it was instinct. Newly unearthed documents prove it was a deliberate, orchestrated plan hatched at the highest levels of the previous administration.

From the Daily Caller:

Newly released emails reveal how the Biden administration’s Department of Education (ED) in 2022 attempted to form a secret parent advisory council to give teachers unions and left-aligned activist and parent groups power over federal education policy.

Under former President Joe Biden, the department created the National Parents and Families Engagement Council ostensibly as a “partnership between parents and families, educators, district leaders, and entire school communities to support student success.” But behind the scenes, the short-lived council was composed of hand-picked activist organizations that focused on radical racial, gender and immigrant-focused ideologies. As Defending Education notes, “not a single right-of-center or conservative parent group was invited” to participate.

Surprised? You shouldn’t be. This wasn’t a partnership; it was a backroom deal. The emails confirm what we have long known: the Biden administration went to great lengths to rob parents of their rights by creating a fraudulent council of political allies. This was a calculated effort to build a Trojan horse, using the language of “parent engagement” to smuggle a radical, anti-family agenda into federal education policy.

A Council of Cronies, Not Parents

The list of invited members was a veritable “cancel culture” all-star team. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT), one of the most partisan teachers’ unions in the country, was a key member. So were Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, the NAACP, and the “LGBTQ+” support network PFLAG.

These are not grassroots parent organizations; they are powerful political machines. The Biden administration intentionally excluded every single conservative or even mainstream parent group in the nation. As Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education (PDE), put it, the administration “hand-picked a set of allies and yes-men to create a Potemkin village to feign that they cared about the opinions of parents.” It was a smokescreen, designed to give political cover to an administration hostile to traditional values.

Pushing a Partisan Agenda

Once assembled, this hand-picked group of activists began pushing its agenda under the guise of “inclusivity.” One group complained that the term “parents” was not “inclusive” enough, demanding it be replaced with “caregivers.” (Because of course they did.) This is a classic bureaucratic maneuver to dilute the unique role of a mother and father.

Other groups used the platform to advocate for “disciplinary equity” (read: no consequences for bad behavior) and reducing the presence of “police in schools,” policies that have led to chaos and danger in classrooms across the country. They demanded “cultural competence” and “equity, diversity, and inclusion,” the same buzzwords used to justify teaching critical race theory and gender ideology to young children. Their goal was never to listen to parents; it was to use the seal of the federal government to legitimize their own radical worldview.

Exposed and Disbanded

But this is where the story gets good. This blatant government overreach didn’t go unchallenged. A coalition of patriotic legal groups, including America First Legal, PDE, and Fight for Schools and Families, took the Biden administration to court. They argued the council was not just partisan, but illegal, violating a federal law that requires advisory committees to be “fairly balanced.”

They were right. Faced with a legal defeat, the administration was forced to disband its secret council in disgrace less than six months after it began. As Ian Prior of America First Legal stated, the administration tried to set up a “phony ‘National Parents and Families Council’ stocked with leftist allies to promote a radical, anti-parent agenda.” They were caught, and they were stopped.

This episode is more than just a footnote from a failed administration. It is a critical warning. This is what Democrats will always do when they hold power: they will collude with their allies, sideline their opponents, and use the full force of the federal government to undermine the American family. We were fortunate to have vigilant patriots who exposed this scheme, but the fight to protect our children and our rights is never over.

Key Takeaways

• The Biden administration created a secret council to sidestep real American parents.
• This “parent” council was packed with leftist unions, activists, and political cronies.
• Their goal was to inject radical gender and race ideology into our nation’s schools.
• Patriotic legal groups successfully sued to disband the illegal, partisan committee.

Sources: Daily Caller, MSN