Our kids are in the cross hairs of a culture war designed to create chaos and weaken our public schools.

Political extremists’ “paranoid style” — evident in false accusations of indoctrination, brainwashing and bullish attacks on race, gender identity, and honest education—runs contrary to every American’s constitutional right to equal educational opportunity. Instead, these tactics seek to dismantle and privatize education and win elections.

The end game? An education system (school choice) that the public will pay for (vouchers) but cannot control or influence. The beneficiaries? Wealthy families and corporations. The losers? Property values, our sense of community, and all our children.

Outside politicians are the driving force behind the attack on public education.

Moms for Liberty: "Joyful Warriors" in the fight to demolish public school

At the Moms for Liberty summit, they gave Ron DeSantis a sword. That wasn't the strangest or scariest part by far.
Parents claim they have the right to shape their kids’ school curriculum. They don’t.

Common law and case law in the United States have long supported the idea that education should prepare young people to think for themselves, even if that runs counter to the wishes of parents.
Betsy DeVos Wants to Use America’s Schools to Build “God’s Kingdom” Trump’s education secretary pick has spent a lifetime working to end public education as we know it.

Betsy and Dick DeVos have contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to organizations seeking to privatize education and blur the separation of church and state.
Florida students return to schools reshaped by Gov. DeSantis' anti-'woke' education agenda

Contentious laws went into effect during the summer recess that restrict how schools teach topics linked to race and sexual orientation. New avenues were created for parents to sue teachers and challenge instructional materials. Math textbooks have been culled for traces of critical race theory. Schools for the first time will have to observe "Victims of Communism Day," during which high schoolers will be taught anti-communism lessons..
Inside the DeSantis Freedom Blueprint education conference

DeSantis said his political committee spent around $2 million to boost the election prospects of school-board candidates in this year’s elections. He also noted that his political organization enlisted the support of over 1 million mothers who were motivated by Florida’s push to expand parental rights.

The Result?

“A stratified system, where wealthy kids receive the absolute best education; kids in the middle will probably receive a decent education; and kids that are poor and disadvantaged will sit in a big room in front of computers with someone standing at the door keeping them in.”⁠

— Carol Corbett Burris