Conservatives’ school board victories could give Texas GOP momentum for November elections, 2023 legislative session

  • 📰 TexasTribune
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 17 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 10%
  • Publisher: 53%

Education Education Headlines News

Education Education Latest News,Education Education Headlines

Conservative school board candidates who support restricting how race-related issues can be discussed in classrooms saw victories across Texas on Saturday, emboldening state Republicans who are increasingly getting involved in nonpartisan local elections.

GOP leaders portray the victories as parents rejecting what they call left-wing ideologies — and getting behind the notions that critical race theory is being taught in schools and that children are given access to overly sexualized books. And school board campaign vows to rid schools of critical race theory come after the Texas Legislature last year passed a law limiting how race, the history of slavery and current events are taught in schools.

But more GOP involvement in local politics may not be the only effect of Saturday’s elections. Experts believe campaigning on culture wars is a winning strategy for the GOP. And, they say, it will embolden Republicans to continue passing laws based on political wedge issues during next year’s legislative session.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

As if school's weren't bad enough with GQP's constant assault on education. Now they wanna take a hands-on approach to destroying education. And they've duped people into thinking this is for their own good. 😂

There is no such thing as nonpartisan. There never was. All it means is no political affiliation is shown on the ballot next to a candidate.

Great, the Klan is going to decide how kids learn. Until Abbott finishes challenging the 1982 free public education SCOTUS decision, then Republicans will just opt to only educate white boys.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 441. in EDUCATİON

Education Education Latest News, Education Education Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Right-Wingers Gain Ground in Texas School Board ElectionsLast weekend’s statewide school board elections calcified two growing trends in Texas education: more money and more ideological dog whistles. from MichellePitcher MichellePitcher
Source: TexasObserver - 🏆 242. / 63 Read more »