State Republican Executive Committee passes resolution calling on Texas school districts to stop International Baccalaureate curriculum

Image: A page from IB World, the publication of the International Baccalaureate program.

The Golden Hammer Staff Reports

Austin and Magnolia, February 16 – The State Republican Executive Committee (SREC) passed a resolution condemning the “International Baccalaureate” curriculum, which over one hundred Texas public school districts teach, as turning over local control of public school curricula to the United Nations and Marxist ideology. The vote occurred during the SREC’s quarterly meeting and was 59 votes for the resolution and 1 against. The SREC’s Resolutions Committee had previously recommended adoption of the resolution, which appears in full at the end of this article, unanimously.

Renowned education curriculum expert Ginger Russell of Magnolia explained, “The International Baccalaureate, or IB, program is a United Nations Marxist program, which promotes beliefs in ‘critical race theory,’ social justice, and government-forced redistribution of wealth. The purpose of the resolution is to put pressure on the Texas Legislature and on local school districts to ban teaching of the IB program in all Texas public schools.”

Russell added, “I’m very proud of the Republican Party of Texas that it’s taken a position against the IB program. The IB program puts an ideological scar on children and interferes with the right of parents to teach values to their children.”

Russell, who is a longtime conservative Republican Precinct Chair and an Area Chair of the Montgomery County Republican Party, noted that two examples of IB program graduates are North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

At least one hundred and five (105) public schools in Texas teach the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum to children. The IB curriculum has several disturbing features:

WHEREAS, the Republican Party of Texas Platform states in Plank 136 “National Core Curriculum: We oppose the use of national or international standards in the State of Texas (e.g., Common Core, CSCOPE, and United Nations Inclusion)”; and

WHEREAS, the International Baccalaureate Organization is a non-governmental organization of United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization; and

WHEREAS, the International Baccalaureate Program is commissioned by the United Nations, was originated in Europe, and is at odds with the principles of the American founding; and

WHEREAS, the “Next Generation Assessments and Accountability” (NGAA) called for Texas to “align the State Accountability System with that of the federal Every Student Succeeds Acts (ESSA) requirements ensuring that the results are consistent and share common goals”; and

WHEREAS, the International Baccalaureate program’s goal is to create “Global Citizens” as opposed to American citizens; and

WHEREAS, International Baccalaureate’s program promotes the Marxist ideology of Social Justice; and

WHEREAS, the International Baccalaureate affirms the United Nations Earth Charter; and

WHEREAS, the values of the International Baccalaureate program align with those of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and

WHEREAS, the International Baccalaureate program turns local control of curriculum to the Geneva-based International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), a non-profit Swiss Foundation under Swiss law; now

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Republican Party of Texas:

1. Calls on all Texas Independent School Districts to cease the implementation of any progressive education programs tied to the United Nations,

2. Calls on all Texas Independent School Districts to stop accepting Federal, State, local and foundational grants or funding mandating the implementation of the International Baccalaureate Program,

3. Calls for all Texas Federal and State Legislators to write and pass education policy halting the implementation of any progressive education programs tied to the United Nations, or mandated by Federal and State governments,

4. Calls for all Texas State Legislators to call upon the Governor of Texas to abolish and reverse mandates of the Texas Commission on “Next Generation Assessments and Accountability (NGAA)” established by the 84th Texas Legislature, and

5. Calls all Texas Legislators to reaffirm the independence of Texas school districts with the job of teaching students a basic core curriculum giving students equal opportunity to succeed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be submitted to all State and Federal Legislators from Texas and to all Texas school districts as practicable.

  International Baccalaureate program, Resolution, Russell, State Republican Executive Committee, United Nations

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