1. Regardless of the outcome in VA today, everyone should familiarize themselves about hyper-politicization of school boards and the dark money groups behind it
This playbook will be repeated in hundreds of races across the country in 2022
Follow along if interested.
This playbook will be repeated in hundreds of races across the country in 2022
Follow along if interested.
2. There are parents genuinely upset about schools.
But they are being organized/incited/misinformed by a constellation of dark money advocacy groups
Many of the groups were founded this year and there is no information about their funding
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But they are being organized/incited/misinformed by a constellation of dark money advocacy groups
Many of the groups were founded this year and there is no information about their funding
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3. Although we don't know the precise funding of these dark money groups (that's by design) we do know their leaders
And many of them have longstanding ties to organizations funded by the Koch network
It mirrors the Koch effort to finance the Tea Party
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And many of them have longstanding ties to organizations funded by the Koch network
It mirrors the Koch effort to finance the Tea Party
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4. These groups work closely with the right-wing media, especially Fox News, to broadcast angry parents at school boards to millions of people
This creates more angry parents (and non-parents)
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This creates more angry parents (and non-parents)
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5. The parents who appear at this school board meetings and say the right talking points are promoted on Fox News as courageous heroes
But some are actually affiliated with the dark money groups and/or Republican campaigns
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But some are actually affiliated with the dark money groups and/or Republican campaigns
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6. This is all related to Critical Race Theory, which Republicans claim is being used to indoctrinate K-12 students.
That's not true, so they've shifted to Social Emotional Learning, which the dark money groups have convinced parents is the same as CRT
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That's not true, so they've shifted to Social Emotional Learning, which the dark money groups have convinced parents is the same as CRT
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7. Social Emotional Learning has been around for years and is part of the curriculum in all 50 states. It's not partisan or particularly controversial
It's about teaching kids life skills and has been proven to significantly improve academic performance
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It's about teaching kids life skills and has been proven to significantly improve academic performance
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8. But since SEL is taught in schools the right is now saying it's "racist garbage," "anti-white," and "a vehicle for introducing leftist propaganda in the classroom."
The effort to purge it from schools will harm students.
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The effort to purge it from schools will harm students.
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9. What's alarming to me is that there seems to be very little attention being paid to the forces behind this movement.
It reminds me of the Tea Party.
There were years where the Tea Party garnered coverage as a grassroots movement before people woke up
It reminds me of the Tea Party.
There were years where the Tea Party garnered coverage as a grassroots movement before people woke up
10. The school board stuff is much more powerful because it is packaging right-wing ideology behind PARENTS CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN
I will be tracking this as it gets implemented in hundreds of races in 2022
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