Conservatives Promote School Board Candidates As A Top Priority.
Several groups are promoting conservative school board candidates in hopes of reshaping America’s grade school and high school curriculums. (Politico)
“The money, attack ads and mobilization effort going into school board races — from some groups with no geographic ties to local candidates — underscore how education has become one of the prime issues conservatives are increasingly directing their resources in the 2022 election cycle and beyond. While many parents were energized to get more involved in their child’s education during the pandemic, how students are taught about race and sexuality is now galvanizing conservatives to become more involved in school boards, which can have a significant influence shaping curriculum in some states.
In one of the most sweeping examples, the New York-based 1776 Project PAC endorsed more than 100 school board candidates this year in states like Florida, Texas, Virginia and Pennsylvania — and put significant cash into helping them get elected. With financial backing from a group with ties to GOP megadonor and billionaire Richard Uihlein, 1776 Project PAC is putting money behind candidates who oppose critical race theory.
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School Boards are increasingly becoming a hotly contested area of American culture that is spilling into other areas of society. The races for school boards and what books are carried in school libraries are seen as a vitally important to the Right Wing in America. If the obsession is rooted in election year politics or continues to remain a top priority for years to come remains to be seen. The lasting effects however will be immediately experienced by school children as their education could potentially be lacking.
