“Teachers across the country face a vexing and evolving challenge as the new school year begins and students return to the classroom following a roughly 18-month hiatus from normal in-person learning,” CNBC reports.

Teachers struggle to deprogram kids from QAnon and anti-vax beliefs after parents radicalize
15% of Americans believe QAnon conspiracies and 22% self-identify as anti-vaxxers. Those beliefs extend to children
By RAY HARTMANN

Asizeable number of students returning to school need to be "detoxed" from QAnon-inspired lies they soaked in -- often from their parents -- while away from class because of the pandemic, CNBC reports.

"Teachers across the country face a vexing and evolving challenge as the new school year begins and students return to the classroom following a roughly 18-month hiatus from normal in-person learning," the report says. "Since the last time full classrooms congregated, a whole industry of misinformation has exploded online, spreading conspiracy theories on everything from the alleged steal of the presidential election, which Joe Biden won, to the prevalence of microchips in Covid-19 vaccines."

Citing studies showing that 15% of Americans believe QAnon conspiracies and 22% self-identify as anti-vaxxers, the CNBC piece describes the special challenges posed to educators "by the combination of misinformation on social media and a growing population of duped and radicalized parents."

Here's more from ....

https://www.salon.com/2021/09/06/teache ... e_partner/

I wonder how many of them need to be deprogrammed from religion first? It has a huge role in the whole anti-(whatever is good for everyone else) attitude.

Agreed - religion is a very big part of the problem. A very, very big part.