PARENTS may be the ones to thank!
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Consider me skeptical. Not of the question raised in the headline so much as of Politico’s motive for publishing this story. The word “seize” doesn’t appear in the story but that’s really the gist of what it’s about. The subhead reads, “Debate around critical race theory pushed wealthy Loudoun County to the frontlines of the GOP’s culture wars. Republicans are hoping to turn that discord into political capital.” Without using the word, this is a ‘Republicans seize’ story.
The purpose of all such stories is to change the subject from whatever it is that Democrats are doing badly to the nefarious outsiders who are trying to capitalize on Democrats doing something badly. In this case, that means rehearsing the usual diversions about how CRT is not really being taught in schools.
The politics of this one school district have big implications for political control of Virginia. And Republicans hope to leverage this issue to wrest away Democrats’ control of all three branches of state government. Last week, GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin even held a campaign rally in front of the Loudoun County school board building to decry critical race theory—even as the school board repeatedly denies teaching it. (Nor is it taught in school districts around the county where conservatives are attempting to ban it.)
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Pretty interesting, if you have the time to read it:
http://hotair.com/john-s-2/2021/07/07/politico-sounds-the-resistance-alarm-could-school-board-fights-over-crt-turn-virginia-red-n400957?utm_source=hadaily&;utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=3d3cc08e7f4993eca7803ddfd6b7add0
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
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