By Candace Hathaway | Published at TheBlaze.com

The Pentagon's education wing is indoctrinating children by embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion ideology within its curriculums, according to a new report from Open the Books obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.

Department of Defense Education Activity schools have repeatedly been criticized for offering a left-leaning classroom curriculum to roughly 70,000 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade.

Last year, the Pentagon moved to disband its DEI department in the wake of controversy stemming from its former DEI chief. However, instead of ridding the school system of diversity and equity policies, it quietly dispersed the department's staff to other divisions.

At the time, a Pentagon spokesperson released a statement reaffirming the department's commitment to DEI efforts.

Open the Books' report, "Schools for Radicals: The Secret Push to Institute Radical DEI Curriculums within the Pentagon's K-12 Public Schools," laid out key takeaways from its investigation into the department. It noted that the Pentagon previously told Congress that it planned to dismantle its DEI division but instead "secretly create[d] a DEI Steering Committee and move[d] DEI professionals into less public roles at the agency."

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