COMMENTARY: The classroom isn’t a political playground

By Sharon Ceresnie Sorkin • InsideSources.com July 18, 2026 - 9:00 pm When I send my kids to school, I assume that I’m putting them in the hands of responsible adults. And here’s what I think responsible teaching looks like: A teacher opens a lesson plan, checks it against the curriculum standards and asks: Is this accurate? Is this balanced? Is this appropriate for my students? That’s it. But more and more, we see teachers shirking this responsibility, undermining the sanctity of their profession and doing so proudly. Case in point: Last month, during a CODEPINK-sponsored teacher training series titled “Challenging Zionism In Our Schools,” a California teacher explained to her fellow educators how to smuggle one-sided political advocacy into classrooms using state history standards as cov