'The pressures of the coronavirus pandemic are reconfiguring the politics of education, dividing Democrats and creating new openings for Republicans,' writes Ronald Brownstein | Analysis
Both sides of that equation will be on display Tuesday in a recall election for three school board members in San Francisco, one of the nation's most liberal cities. The recall, which has split local Democrats, has combined genuine grassroots discontent over extended school closings during the coronavirus outbreak with massive funding from longtime critics of public education and some big supporters of Republican political campaigns.
Avlon on book bans: Don't complain about cancel culture and try to cancel others 04:05Yet polling suggests that the demands for restrictions on how schools address race, gender, sexual orientation and other controversial subjects are preponderantly a concern of one group of parents: Republicans.