2/ “ Indeed, the district superintendent had already called off the “One Book, One School” program before board meeting, after some teachers told him they didn’t want to get dragged into a political controversy over a program intended to promote literacy. Call it a different kind of dangerous “climate change”: a political climate in which global warming is now joining racism and LGBTQ issues as under fire by culture warriors who don’t want young minds exposed to debate around such ideas.”

4/ “Far-right assault on what young people learn is an immoral panic that has only accelerated since teens —even in rural and conservative communities— voiced support for #BlackLivesMatter after the police murder of #GeorgeFloyd. The fact that what began as an attack on antiracism education — given the scary misnomer “critical race theory” by conservatives — has metastasized into assaults on the LGBTQ community and is now going after climate science is no surprise.”

5/ “Kutztown parent Wismer essentially said the quiet part out loud: Conservatives are increasingly worried that a well-educated younger generation is rejecting their parents’ worldview.”