The Israeli Spy Behind PragerU’s Plan to Rewrite American Education To Indoctrinate Children

The Israeli Spy Behind PragerU’s Plan to Rewrite American Education To Indoctrinate Children PragerU is trying to take over American schools. The right-wing, pseudo-educational group is now an official educational partner in at least ten states, and blitzes children with highly questionable messaging on race, history, and politics. Even more concerning, PragerU is led by former Israeli spy, Marissa Streit, who has stated she uses the tactics and techniques honed by IDF military intelligence on the American people. Streit’s company is involved in a big-money operation targeting children with neoconservative, pro-war, pro-business, pro-Israel messaging, attempting to indoctrinate them at their youngest and most impressionable age. MintPress explores this increasingly powerful group, with ambitions to completely overhaul the American educational system. Leave Our Kids Alone You have probably seen a PragerU video. An estimated (vermontpublic.org) one-in-three Americans have. The billionaire-funded media machine is a powerful force on the American right, providing highly-produced conservative content attempting to push U.S. politics and society rightwards. Recently, however, PragerU has set its sights on children, and is seeking to hijack the American education system. Since 2023, it has signed deals with ten states – Alaska, Arizona, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah – to become an official education provider, supplying books, videos, and other content to schools across the United States. Students in New Hampshire, meanwhile, can earn (prageru.com) credits by completing online PragerU courses. And with PragerU Español (youtube.com › @esPragerU), it has plans to expand into Latin America as well. Florida was the trailblazer in this phenomenon. As part of his Stop WOKE Act – a bill that sought to eradicate liberal ideology from public life – Governor Ron DeSantis partnered with the organization, identifying (eu.usatoday.com) it as one that “aligned with the state’s revised civics and government standards.” PragerU now provides ultra-conservative “American values” messaging for use in grades K-12. Florida’s post Stop WOKE Act curriculum now requires middle school teachers to instruct students on the benefits of slavery for black Americans, including (nbcnews.com) that “slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” It has also rewritten (time.com › florida board of education black history) the 1920 Ocoee Massacre – a pogrom that saw a white mob kill dozens of black residents and permanently ethnically cleanse the Florida town of its black population – as an “act of violence perpetrated against and by African Americans.” College students at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida, meanwhile, can earn (seu.edu) extra credit by taking a PragerU history course. This, despite the fact that, despite its branding, PragerU is not an accredited educational institution, let alone a university. Oklahoma, however, has gone even further. Last year, the state’s superintendent of education, Ryan Walters, launched (theconversation.com) a controversial teacher evaluation test (engage.prageru.com › GqhoXLE3) developed by PragerU to vet teachers for their ideology and filter out applicants considered insufficiently con