Bias Alert! Cornell U Near East Studies Profs to Train K-12 Teachers

Cornell University’s Near Eastern studies department will be offeringa series of educational sessions on “the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East” to local K-12 teachers. Given the field’s bias and session leader Ziad Fahmy’s politicized allegations of “Islamophobia” and an “increasingly intolerant post 9/11 environment” in the U.S., this could prove to be another example of indoctrination in K-12 education.

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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