Yes, they have figured out that school board elections are won by very few votes and now that is the target for CRT, Anti-maskers, parental control…and they are winning board seats!
Yes, conservative Christian money is “wining board seats”. Also winning, are state Catholic Conferences that influence legislators and executive branches to create and expand school choice legislation. The Conferences also drum up voters to support privatizing candidates, almost always GOP. And, conservative religious media give a platform to those undermining and or attacking public schools.
Ryan Girdusky who formed the 1776 PAC to provide funding for school board members opposed to CRT has an interview posted at the Pat Buchanan site that shows the politicization of the other major conservative religion- the one that will overturn Roe.
In Indiana, Catholics publicly take credit for the initiation and passage of school choice legislation. In Ky., media report the VP of EdChoice Kentucky is the associate director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky. In some states, the Catholic Conferences cohost with school choice rallies with the Koch’s AFP.
Worth reading- “The New Official Contents of Sex Education in Mexico: laicism in the crosshairs.”
Ilya Shapiro at Georgetown Catholic University was formerly part of the Koch network. Media reported about his tweets. Women, black people and men who think equality and democracy are vital to the U.S. should take note.
Ciedie-
As Michelle Obama’s brother found out, private schools don’t operate as democracies.
We can hope that people wise up to the importance of democratically elected boards, uninfluenced by campaign spending and to the tremendous value of public institutions. We can hope people wise up to the loss of rights in a theocracy.
and it can be so frustrating to see many people become very angry and overwhelmed by what “elected” boards do these days, having little to no understanding that the school board elections where THEY elected the strategically conservative candidates had such huge consequences
Yes, they have figured out that school board elections are won by very few votes and now that is the target for CRT, Anti-maskers, parental control…and they are winning board seats!
Yes, conservative Christian money is “wining board seats”. Also winning, are state Catholic Conferences that influence legislators and executive branches to create and expand school choice legislation. The Conferences also drum up voters to support privatizing candidates, almost always GOP. And, conservative religious media give a platform to those undermining and or attacking public schools.
Ryan Girdusky who formed the 1776 PAC to provide funding for school board members opposed to CRT has an interview posted at the Pat Buchanan site that shows the politicization of the other major conservative religion- the one that will overturn Roe.
In Indiana, Catholics publicly take credit for the initiation and passage of school choice legislation. In Ky., media report the VP of EdChoice Kentucky is the associate director of the Catholic Conference of Kentucky. In some states, the Catholic Conferences cohost with school choice rallies with the Koch’s AFP.
Worth reading- “The New Official Contents of Sex Education in Mexico: laicism in the crosshairs.”
Ilya Shapiro at Georgetown Catholic University was formerly part of the Koch network. Media reported about his tweets. Women, black people and men who think equality and democracy are vital to the U.S. should take note.
Ciedie-
As Michelle Obama’s brother found out, private schools don’t operate as democracies.
We can hope that people wise up to the importance of democratically elected boards, uninfluenced by campaign spending and to the tremendous value of public institutions. We can hope people wise up to the loss of rights in a theocracy.
and it can be so frustrating to see many people become very angry and overwhelmed by what “elected” boards do these days, having little to no understanding that the school board elections where THEY elected the strategically conservative candidates had such huge consequences
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fareed-s-take-the-roots-of-america-s-culture-wars/vi-AAX32HH?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b039b1ab85f34055b437759bfdc9e684
Studies show that more than 80% of elections are won by the candidate that spends the most money.
Oops! Looking forward to your piece, Diane!