Our job as early childhood educators is to teach young children how to think critically, not to teach them what to think. At times, it may be appropriate to share with children and families what we think and why, but ultimately, our primary role is to support children to develop the skills to think for themselves and make responsible choices as a member of a larger community. Because we know young children are being targeted by nationalist propaganda, we have a responsibility to equip them with the antidote: critical literacy.

The Administration is trying to erase public history from national parks, monuments, and museums. Exhibits and signs about slavery, civil rights, Indigenous history, climate change, labor movements, and diverse communities have been removed, revised, or targeted because they did not fit the administration’s preferred political narrative. A federal judge has ordered those materials restored, but the administration …