NYC just elected a self-described socialist, Zohran Mamdani.
The campaign began in the classroom.
In 2022, NYC DOE poured $80 million into “Social-Emotional Learning” (SEL)—a program that’s spent decades installing a collectivist operating system in students’ minds. 🧵
The campaign began in the classroom.
In 2022, NYC DOE poured $80 million into “Social-Emotional Learning” (SEL)—a program that’s spent decades installing a collectivist operating system in students’ minds. 🧵
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The election of socialist Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor isn’t a political fluke.
It’s the result of 30+ years of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and progressive teacher-training that rewired how young Americans define “justice” and “community.”
The election of socialist Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor isn’t a political fluke.
It’s the result of 30+ years of Social Emotional Learning (SEL) and progressive teacher-training that rewired how young Americans define “justice” and “community.”
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For 3 decades, SEL has been sold as “teaching empathy.”
In reality, it re-centers education around feelings, identity, and group belonging instead of knowledge, discipline, or merit.
For 3 decades, SEL has been sold as “teaching empathy.”
In reality, it re-centers education around feelings, identity, and group belonging instead of knowledge, discipline, or merit.
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This emotional curriculum was propagated by institutions like Columbia’s Teachers College—where faculty like Linda Lantieri spent decades embedding SEL “spirituality” into K-12 schooling.
This emotional curriculum was propagated by institutions like Columbia’s Teachers College—where faculty like Linda Lantieri spent decades embedding SEL “spirituality” into K-12 schooling.
4/ By the mid-1990s, the Fetzer Institute had launched CASEL, which pushed SEL nationally as “the missing piece” in education.
But the “piece” it added wasn’t academic—it was ideological.
But the “piece” it added wasn’t academic—it was ideological.
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Teacher-ed programs were saturated, too: “equity,” “social justice,” and “global citizenship” replaced “character,” “virtue,” and “individual responsibility.”
The mission of schooling quietly shifted from learning → social reform.
Teacher-ed programs were saturated, too: “equity,” “social justice,” and “global citizenship” replaced “character,” “virtue,” and “individual responsibility.”
The mission of schooling quietly shifted from learning → social reform.
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A generation raised under that model now sees systemic changeas the moral goal.
And they vote accordingly.
A generation raised under that model now sees systemic changeas the moral goal.
And they vote accordingly.
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So when Mamdani campaigns on “free buses,” and “city-run groceries,” it resonates.
Decades of kids primed through "social emotional" language for collective entitlement.
So when Mamdani campaigns on “free buses,” and “city-run groceries,” it resonates.
Decades of kids primed through "social emotional" language for collective entitlement.
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Teachers were taught: “Schools are vehicles for social reform.”
And SEL gave activist teachers a framework for injecting their radical values.
Teachers were taught: “Schools are vehicles for social reform.”
And SEL gave activist teachers a framework for injecting their radical values.
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The moral currency of the West—liberty, virtue, reason—was quietly replaced by a new political currency: empathy, inclusion, equity, belonging.
The moral currency of the West—liberty, virtue, reason—was quietly replaced by a new political currency: empathy, inclusion, equity, belonging.
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You can trace the trajectory:
1970s – Progressive teacher training
1990s – SEL developed
2000s – SEL mainstreamed
2010s – SEL digitized & moved to the cloud
2020 – Schools went online, SEL went full “equity”
2025 – A generation votes for socialism in America’s largest city
You can trace the trajectory:
1970s – Progressive teacher training
1990s – SEL developed
2000s – SEL mainstreamed
2010s – SEL digitized & moved to the cloud
2020 – Schools went online, SEL went full “equity”
2025 – A generation votes for socialism in America’s largest city
Learn how SEL in K-12 education is turbocharging “woke" -- and why.
👉Read The New Face of Woke Education.
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👉Read The New Face of Woke Education.
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