The GOP Culture War Targets Schools
Rightwing extremists groups like the 1776 Project PAC are spending millions to target local school boards across the country.
After the Black Lives Matter protests, Trump mobilized his supporters to target school boards for teaching Critical Race Theory. Now there is dramatic growth of rightwing groups spending dark Super PAC money with disinformation and hyper-partisan campaigns running on banning books, demonizing LGBTQ+ students and teachers, anti-vax COVID conspiracies, and whitewashing American history.
The group Moms for Liberty accuses teachers of using books to indoctrinate kids about critical race theory and gender fluidity. (Illustration by Joan Wong; Source photograph from Getty)
The Right-Wing Mothers Fuelling the School-Board Wars, The New Yorker | 10/31/2022
By Paige Williams
Moms for Liberty claims that teachers are indoctrinating students with dangerous ideologies. But is the group’s aim to protect kids—or scare parents?
Video: Educating California: Why school board races matter, ABC10 | 11/2/2022
School board races are receiving more attention as national politics overshadows dropping test scores.
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