San Francisco Unified School District administrators instructed high-school teachers to engage in classroom discussions about the Israel-Hamas war using an educational resource that argues, “Israeli terrorism has been significantly worse than that of the Palestinians,” according to memos obtained by a parental-rights watchdog group and shared exclusively with with National Review.

In memos to social-studies and ethnic-studies departments, discovered by Parents Defending Education, the district provided teachers with a host of resources to help lead classroom discussions on “war, terrorism, colonization, and seeking peace.” The first of the listed resources, Teach Mideast, promotes multiple anti-Zionist articles and viewpoints, including an article published by Jerome Slater at the Middle East Policy Council. In the article, Slater blames Israel for Hamas violence and speculates that failed Palestinian resistance efforts have made Palestinian terrorism a last resort.

[Here’s my question: what percentage of SFUSD students can read and do math at grade level? How many of them have had effective civics education, where they can identify the three branches of government, their authorities, and their limitations? Because if it’s not 90% or above in all categories, then SFUSD should focus on actual education rather than political indoctrination. Schools should teach students how to think, not what to believe, especially on complex political topics. — Ed]