I do research on public sector performance. Here I explain why the anti-CRT movement will undermine the effectiveness of public schools donmoynihan.substack.com/p/making-publi…
We are going to see more stories of school officials wondering if their job is worth the harassment that comes with it nytimes.com/2021/10/10/us/…
While I wrote about schools, the same pattern holds in election administration and public health: officials being forced to respond to conspiracy theorists and pushed out of jobs.
If you care about the quality of public services, this is a big problem.
texastribune.org/2021/10/12/hoo…
If you care about the quality of public services, this is a big problem.
texastribune.org/2021/10/12/hoo…
A standard political science theory is that voters reward good government performance. But the combination of motivated reasoning and conspiracism (esp. on the right) disrupts that process. Expect more gaps in public sector competency and quality by region texastribune.org/2021/10/12/hoo… 
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