CHINA IN OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.  No, you can't make this up.  From Fox:

According to a bombshell report, one of the nation's most prestigious STEM school has taken over $1 million in funding from Communist Chinese-affiliated organizations.

An investigation conducted by parents’ rights organization Parents Defending Education uncovered that Thomas Jefferson High School in Fairfax County, Virginia has received "over $1,000,000 worth of donations from Chinese interests since 2014."

The STEM-focused public school, which is consistently ranked as one of the top high schools in the nation, has taken money from three Chinese-affiliated groups over the last decade: Shirble HK, Tsinghua University (Beijing) and the Ameson Foundation through its "Thomas Jefferson Partnership Fund" (TJPF).

Parents Defending Education obtained the TJPF’s campaign donor list recently, which showed "all gifts and pledges to the Campaign for TJ as of June 30, 2015 and donations to other funding priorities since the Campaign’s launch in 2013."

As the report noted, the "Campaign for TJ" was "established to raise money for the TJ renovation project. TJPF is a 501c3, ‘charitable organization that raises funds to meet TJ’s unique needs as a premier public science and technology high school.’"

The list revealed that the three Chinese-linked groups each donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the campaign. Parents Defending Education detailed the ties each organization had to the Chinese interests.

PDE stated, "The Ameson Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation (Ameson) is a ‘non-profit, non-governmental organization headquartered in DC that is dedicated to promoting cultural exchange and educational cooperation between China and the rest of the world.’"

The report quoted Ameson representatives, who claimed that the high school "committed to assist Ameson as it embarks on launching its first STEM high school in China." As the document revealed, Ameson donated over $250,000 to TJ’s campaign.

COMMENT:  Even our high schools seem to be for sale.  I'd love to know how Communist China is portrayed in Thomas Jefferson's courses.  Do I really have to ask?

March 8, 2023