cont'd

Report: A Sharp Turn Right: A New Breed of Charter Schools Delivers the Conservative Agenda
https://networkforpubliceducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sharp-Turn-Right-FINAL-6.6.23.pdf

* charter schools market “classical/traditional” approach to schooling
* caters to right-wing parents/politicians
* conveyor of right-wing ideology is extensive network of schools operated by Hillsdale College & its Barney Charter School Initiative

#ChristianRight #education #HillsdaleCollege #CharterSchools #neoconservatism #PublicEducation #BCSI

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Comment: privately-run charter schools - free to set their own anti-LGBT+/religious /historical revisionist/anti-critical thinking curricula/agendae - drain traditional schools of kids,resources

See slides 41+ (L/R keys to navigate; content fades in):
https://persagen.com/html/intro_01.html#/40

https://persagen.com >> search: "hillsdale college"
https://persagen.com/docs/hillsdale_college.html

#ChristianRight #education #HillsdaleCollege #CharterSchools #neoconservatism #PublicEducation #BCSI #NewCollegeOfFlorida

Addendum 1

Will Greg Abbott Keep Losing on School Vouchers?
https://www.texasobserver.org/abbott-school-vouchers-special-session

Riding the wave of “parent rights” crusades into the national political arena, TX Gov. Abbott made school vouchers a top legislative priority.

Since 1995 Coalition for Public Schools in Texas assembled a broad spectrum of religious, child advocacy, & education organizations, now 50 groups representing 4 million Texans

#GregAbbott #SchoolVouchers #ChristianRight #education #CultureWars #PublicEducation

Addendum 2

The Christian nationalist charter school next door
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110532378707131333

Evisceration of a Public University
West Virginia University being gutted: Preview of what’s ahead for higher education
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110900997998167536

"Religious Indoctrination:" Oklahoma Officials Approve Catholic Public School
https://mastodon.social/@persagen/110498741046519293

#Oklahoma #CharterSchools #ChristianRight #education #CultureWars #PublicEducation #Catholicism #ChristianNationalism #theocracy #whiteSupremacism

Addendum 3

Charter-School Movement’s New Divide
Catholic charter in Oklahoma would represent a profound shift for American education—and for the charter-school movement itself
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/09/charter-schools-religion-public-secular/675293

* online school would participate in “evangelizing mission of the [Catholic] Church,”

#Oklahoma #CharterSchools #ChristianRight #education #CultureWars #PublicEducation #Catholicism #ChristianNationalism #DominionTheology #theocracy #whiteSupremacism #neoconservatism #HistoricalRevisionism

How school voucher advocate won Texas House District 18
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/10/02/texas-house-district-18-school-vouchers-march-primary-election

* Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) said primary showed Texans want vouchers
* In House District 18, ad blitz & immigration fears played a larger role

Can Democrats Keep the Texas House Anti-Voucher?
https://www.texasobserver.org/democrats-texas-house-november-vouchers

* 4 y after failed attempt to flip lower chamber, minority party sets a more modest objective

#Texas #PublicEducation #CharterSchools #GOP #billionaires #libertarianism #ChristianRight #conservatism