As conservative parents become more frustrated with how school boards handled the pandemic, once-ignored school board elections are becoming better funded.
is a university-level course, not taught in secondary schools. It holds that racism is embedded in the country’s legal and structural systems. That hasn’t stopped some Republicans from labeling anything that is for diversity or inclusivity as critical race theory.in North Texas have said critical race theory is being taught in schools. While Lake Travis Families hasn’t named CRT as an issue, they instead stand against what they loosely call “political indoctrination.
Higginbotham also points out that the PAC is not interested in the issues such as student overcrowding and“Why are you focused only on political wedge issues and not issues actually facing our schools?” she said. “They’re trying to pretend to be nonpartisan, but the people who are driving this train for the PAC, they have another agenda.”
“There’s a pretty clear effort by Republican candidates to take back the public education issue away from Democrats,” Henson said.On March 8, Texas Blue Action, a liberal organization geared toward mobilizing voters, announced the formation of Safe Schools for Texas, an organization that will endorse school board candidates in the upcoming May elections. The group will focus on races in Round Rock, Dripping Springs, Eanes, Hays, Comal, Lake Travis and Spring Branch districts.
To Hansen’s knowledge, there haven’t been many Democratic organizations looking to challenge what conservatives have been doing and she believes that’s has been a mistake.
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