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NBC News: Schools become political 'battlefield' in culture wars Trump cultivated

Schools have become ground zero for the culture war that animated Donald Trump's base and have been advanced by conservative activists and influencers since he left office.

NEA.org: Is QAnon Radicalizing Your School Board? | NEA

Grand Blanc High School student Nina Whitney joins more than 100 students, retired teachers and other members of the community on Monday, May 24, 2021, in Grand Blanc, Mich., to protest Amy Facchinello, a school board member accused of believing in the QAnon conspiracy.

AP News: Tea party 2.0? Conservatives get organized in school battles

MEQUON, Wis. (AP) — A loose network of conservative groups with ties to major Republican donors and party-aligned think tanks is quietly lending firepower to local activists engaged in culture war fights in schools across the country.. While they are drawn by the anger of parents opposed to school policies on racial history or COVID-19 protocols like mask mandates, the groups are often run ...

Spectrum News: Conservative groups are training activists

FORT WORTH, Texas — Blanca Martinez stepped up to the podium at a recent meeting of the Fort Worth School Board. She and dozens of others were at the meeting to speak out against critical race theory, a decades-old academic framework that explores how racism is embedded in U.S. policies and systems.CRT wasn’t on the agenda, and isn’t taught in schools or a part of any staff training.