‘It’s Almost Everywhere,’ Scholar Says of China’s Infiltration of America’s K-12 Schools

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🗓️ 15 August 2023

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China’s infiltration of American K-12 schools is “almost everywhere,” according to Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars. “That is, in every state that we’ve looked at, we have found instances of it, but I would say it’s concentrated in the feeder schools to elite education, which means mostly West Coast and East Coast, but not exclusively those,” Wood says. “The effort here is, China’s not just spreading around its resources promiscuously across the land. It’s looking for places where buying influence will yield results in the long term,” he adds. “So, it’s widespread, but much more prevalent here on the East Coast and California.” In April, The Heritage Foundation awarded the National Association of Scholarsits Innovation Prize, which “is intended to spark creative disruption in the conservative movement as we strive to ensure the future of American self-governance.” (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) Wood joins today’s episode of “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss some of the concerns surrounding the Chinese Communist Party’s influence in our education system and some of the other work the National Association of Scholars has been doing in addition to digging into China’s infiltration of and influence in K-12 schools. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Signal podcast for Tuesday, August 15th.
0:10.1	I'm Samantha Cheris, and joining today's show is Peter Wood.
0:14.5	Peter is the president of the nonprofit organization National Association of Scholars, which
0:19.7	according to its website, upholds the standards of a liberal arts education that fosters intellectual
0:26.2	freedom, searches for the truth, and promotes virtuous citizenship.
0:31.8	Earlier this year, the National Association of Scholars was awarded the Heritage Foundation's
0:36.6	Innovation Prize, for a project related to China known as corrupting the classroom,
0:42.6	Confucius classrooms and the CCP's infiltration of American K-12 education.
0:49.4	Peter joins today's episode to discuss the project concerns surrounding the Chinese Communist
0:54.2	Party's influence in the U.S. education system and much more.
0:59.4	We'll get to our conversation right after this.
1:03.0	The Heritage Foundation is the most effective conservative policy organization in the country.
1:08.8	Every semester, our interns are a vital part of that mission.
1:12.6	We pay competitively, we develop talent, and we give our interns access to some of the
1:17.6	sharpest minds in the country.
1:20.0	We're going on offense, so join us.
1:22.8	To learn more about the young leaders program here at the Heritage Foundation, please
1:26.9	go to heritage.org slash intern.
1:31.0	Peter Wood is joining today's episode of the Daily Signal Podcast.
1:35.4	Peter has been the president of the National Association of Scholars since 2009.
1:40.8	Earlier this year, the National Association of Scholars was awarded the Heritage Foundation's
1:45.1	Innovation Prize, for its work related to Communist China.
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