In the run-up to the midterm elections, a growing number of conservative groups are turning their attention to often-ignored school board races.
Seattle Public Schools teachers voted to suspend their strike after the district and striking teachers reached a tentative agreement. School will start for students and staff on Wednesday, Sept. 14, a week after teachers with Seattle Education Association voted to strike.As Republicans and Democrats fight for control of Congress this fall, a growing number of conservative political action groups are targeting their efforts closer to home: at local school boards.
At the center of the conservative effort is the 1776 Project PAC, which formed last year to push back against the New York Times' 1619 Project, which provides free lesson plans that center U.S. history around slavery and its lasting impacts. Last fall and this spring, the 1776 group succeeded in elevating conservative majorities to office in dozens of school districts across the U.S.
In Florida, recent school board races saw an influx of attention — and money — from conservative groups, including some that had never gotten involved in school races. The movement claims to be an opposing force to left-leaning teachers unions. They see the unions as a well-funded enemy that promotes radical classroom lessons on race and sexuality —The unions, which also support candidates, have called it a fiction meant to stoke distrust in public schools.
SANFORD, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - 2022/06/30: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference to discuss Florida's civics education initiative of unbiased history teachings at Crooms Academy of Information Technology in Sanford. Educators"I find it disgusting," said Yoho, a retired teacher whose children went through the district. "It makes my heart hurt. And then I kind of get mad and I get defensive.
"There is a very stiff resistance to the concerted and intentional effort to make radical ideas about race and gender part of the school day. Parents don’t like it," said Jonathan Butcher, an education fellow at the conservative Heritage Foundation.
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