Article snippet: State Rep. Lawrence Lockman, co-founder and president of the conservative Maine First Project, introduced a bill that directed the state board of education to draft a Code of Ethics for K-12 teachers, based on model legislation from the David Horowitz Freedom Center. Though the bill ultimately died, Lockman said the debate it stirred helped him call out not only the actual left-wing indoctrination occurring in classrooms, but also the willingness of establishment Republicans to go along with it for political purposes. “Many of the complaints I’ve heard from parents here in Maine were prompted by the so-called ‘student walkout’ last year after the shootings in Parkland, Florida,” Lockman told Breitbart News. “Those demonstrations were overtly partisan and political, urging passage of more restrictive firearms legislation, and targeting any legislator endorsed by the National Rifle Association. Many teachers in Maine took an active role in promoting student participation in the protests.” At Cape Elizabeth High School, Lockman noted that both teachers and school administrators helped organize the gun-control rally – even to the extent of changing the school schedule to accommodate the gun-control advocate who was the keynote speaker at the event. “Testimony submitted to the Education Committee established that students across the state were used as pawns,” Lockman said, citing one person’s testimony: “Most didn’t know why they were walking out or that they were par... Link to the full article to read more