
The NEA Goes Sustainable
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Jan 18, 2023 Education is facing a significant shift towards direct activism tied to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. A recent NEA Foundation document reveals intricate lesson plans aimed at integrating global citizenship and sustainability from a young age. The push for social-emotional learning and resilience is framed as a means to ease student resistance to these new directions. James explores how these global educational initiatives are rapidly being prepared for teachers, highlighting lessons on critical issues like hunger even in kindergarten.
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Education Reoriented Toward SDG Activism
- James Lindsay argues education is being reoriented toward creating activists for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- He links SEL and resiliency programs as tools to make such activism emotionally durable.
Conversation With A Skeptical Commentator
- James Lindsay recounts a conversation with Josh Zeps who couldn't see the problem with UNESCO's influence.
- He uses that exchange to show others often miss these global links until shown the documents.
NEA Foundation Curricula Aligns With SDGs
- The NEA Foundation published a 136-page K–12 lesson guide framed around global learning and SDGs.
- Lindsay warns this scales the NEA's Global Learning Fellowship beyond its 40–50 paid fellows into many classrooms.





