A new report has revealed that at least 143 K-12 schools in the U.S. currently have or have had in the past ties to a Chinese Communist Party program known as "Confucius Classrooms." Experts say that the CCP effort to infiltrate schools with communist propaganda is part of a concerted effort to "subvert" the U.S. from the inside in order to weaken it, possibly paving the way for a future direct military confrontation. While Confucius Institutes (CIs) have long been associated with colleges and universities in the U.S., Confucius Classrooms are aimed at K-12 schools and are touted as "centers that teach Chinese language and culture." But as Parents Defending Education has uncovered in its new report, not only do Confucius Classroom programs create a partnership between a school and a Chinese government entity, they are also affiliated with "three of the nation's top science and technology high schools" as well as "school districts near 20 U.S. military bases."                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       As the report points out, the CCP has been open about the goal of its Confucius program. "Former Chinese Communist Party Senior Chairman Li Changchun is 2009 said that Confucius Institutes were 'an important part of China's overseas propoganda set-up."