House committee report says NEA and two school districts promoted antisemitism in K-12 schools

A report released in October 2026 by the House Committee on Education & Workforce, titled “Antisemitism in K-12 Schools,” examined the National Education Association (NEA) and two school districts, the School District of Philadelphia and Berkeley Unified School District. According to the committee’s press release, the report documents what it describes as Marxism, critical race theory, antisemitism, and other radical ideologies in materials presented to K-12 students. The source notes that outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, and national network newscasts did not cover the report.

The committee’s release lists several findings. It says Philadelphia schools included a world history assignment asking students to honor a resistance movement, with a Hamas-endorsed campaign given as one option, and a lesson asking students to label the United States and Israel as terrorists. It says a Berkeley ethnic studies unit featured a map labeling Israel as “Palestine” and praised figures with histories of antisemitic remarks. It also says that since October 7, 2023, the NEA has pledged thousands of dollars to Rethinking Schools and the Zinn Education Project, which the committee identified as sources of antisemitic K-12 materials.

The report also describes other curriculum content. The Philadelphia district used materials from the Racial Justice Organizing Committee, a group organized by district employees, whose “Ten Demands” include abolishing school police officers and mandating “antiracist training for all educators and that school leaders.” Students were taught about “intersectionality,” in which they color-coded aspects of their identities as “dominant” or “oppressed,” and were shown videos including “The White Supremacy of Being Asked Where I’m From.” Second graders were reported to learn about “environmental justice” and climate activism. A Berkeley ninth-grade unit was reported to feature an “ancestor acknowledgment” of Helen Thomas, a journalist who resigned after saying that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and “go home” to Poland and Germany.

According to the report, the Philadelphia district also withheld certain lessons from parents. One such lesson reportedly described the phrase “from the river to the sea” as a “call for freedom and peace.” The committee stated that the chant calls for the elimination of Israel and the genocide of Jews living there. Keeping parents informed about what children are taught is a matter of telling the truth plainly (Ephesians 4:15).

The report further cites NEA activities. It says a session at the NEA’s 2024 Conference on Racial and Social Justice focused on the ways antisemitism is “weaponized” by “white nationalist movements.” It also says that in 2024 the NEA adopted a resolution directing the association to highlight efforts against antisemitism in education settings by hosting a webinar about white nationalism, and that the webinar also addressed “Islamophobia, anti-LGBTQ+ and anti-Asian hate.” The committee’s characterization of these materials and organizations is the committee’s own, as reported in the source.

Source: Read the original report