For decades, K–12 schools across the United States have honored the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in a way that reflected both his values and his example. On MLK Day, children have volunteered at food pantries, assembled hygiene kits for shelters, cleaned up local parks and donated books to libraries.

The message was simple and powerful: citizenship requires service, and freedom comes with responsibility.

After 15 years of advocacy, President Ronald Reagan signed the King Holiday Bill into law in 1983, establishing the third Monday in January as a federal holiday. It was meant to be a unifying moment in American civic life — a day to reflect on our shared values, our progress and the work still left to do.

Today, that legacy is under assault.

In New York City, a radical teachers’ group calling itself “NYC Educators for Palestine” is hosting a “Palestine teach-in” on MLK Day for children as young as 6 years old. Similar efforts are cropping up in other cities, including Philadelphia.

These events are not about service. They are not about Dr. King’s vision of nonviolence, pluralism or moral clarity. They are about ideological indoctrination — using a........

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