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The classes that they offer now seem to fit the... brainwashing...approach.
Zeitgeist?

Or more specifically, The Zeitgeist Movement (TZM), defined and described by TZM in this free downloadable 325-page PDF, dated January 2014 (with an upload date of October 2017): https://www3.thezeitgeistmovement.c...Zeitgeist_Movement_Defined_PDF_Final.pdf

Some may see similarities to UN Agenda 21:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/Agenda21.pdf
and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):
https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/development-agenda/
also known as the UN 2030 Agenda:
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld.
This TED Talk introduces the Social Progress Index (SPI) to measure achievement toward the UN SDGs:
Michael Green, We the People, September 2018.

These agendas describe having an education component.

Many have seen their children's formal education and enrichment learning experiences permeated by the globalism, values, and goals described in these agendas.

Some may welcome this and others may not.
One definition of FREE refers to things being without cost at point of service.
One definition of FREE refers to people being self-determining, unhindered by law or regulation; having personal liberty.
There may be an ironic balance in that getting more "free" stuff often comes with a tradeoff of being less "free" as an increasing number of life-decisions may be made for a person by an outside entity. There is a fine balance, beyond which a tipping point exists: if given a choice, which form of "free" do taxpaying US citizens prefer?