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Washington Post columnist James Hohmann tweeted the news Friday the newspaper’s poll shows “education” is now “the No. 1 issue for Virginia voters in the governor’s race, edging out the economy.”

With education as a central issue in the tight gubernatorial race in Virginia, the words of former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) from 2019 have resurfaced as parents are battling against the teaching of the tenets of Critical Race Theory in their local school districts.

The Ohio School Boards Association is cutting ties with the NSBA as a “direct result of the letter” sent by the national group to Biden.

The NSBA directors renounced the letter its top officials sent to Biden, asking him to target vocal parents at school board meetings for “domestic terrorism.”

Emails obtained through a public records request by Parents Defending Education (PDE) appear to indicate the top officers of the National School Boards Association (NSBA) worked with the White House prior to sending their September 29 letter to President Joe Biden requesting federal law enforcement assistance to target parents voicing concerns at local school board meetings.

AG Merrick Garland admitted he took the word of the National School Boards Association to target parents as “domestic terrorists.”

State AGs are seeking to stop the Biden DOJ from threatening parents who voice their concerns with investigation by the FBI.

The Pennsylvania School Boards Association apparently severed its ties with the NSBA after the group sought federal help to identify parents as “domestic terrorists.”

Emails revealed a Nebraska board of ed member tapped a Planned Parenthood activist to advise in the drafting of a sex ed curriculum, though bureaucrats denied outside activists were involved.

The Florida School Boards Association has rejected the national association’s request for federal law enforcement help at local board meetings.

A father is claiming Loudoun County schools tried to hide his daughter’s alleged assault in the girls’ bathroom by a boy wearing a skirt.

The British government has embarked on a pressure campaign to make parents get their children vaccinated or potentially risk losing the ability for their kids to attend school in person.

Two state school board associations have condemned the National School Board Association’s (NSBA) request to President Joe Biden for federal law enforcement help to deal with frustrated parents who oppose Critical Race Theory and mask mandates in K-12 schools.

Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) demanded the National School Board Association explain its request for federal law enforcement to assist with parents who are against teaching critical race theory.

The president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) took to Twitter Tuesday to defend the Biden Department of Justice in its move to mobilize the FBI against parents voicing concerns to school officials and boards about Critical Race Theory and mask mandate.

Donald Trump condemned the Biden DOJ for its plan to direct the FBI to mobilize against anti-CRT parents expressing their concerns.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s son-in-law is a co-founder of an educational data mining company that promotes the tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT), a report at Becker News observed Wednesday.

Parents are outraged over the Biden DOJ’s plan to direct the FBI to mobilize against them as they advocate for their children.

A black-led anti-woke group denounced CRT after AG Merrick Garland said he will direct the FBI to mobilize against anti-CRT parents.

It is not “domestic extremism” for a parent to advocate for their child’s best interests at local school board meetings, admitted Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday.

Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin on Monday launched “Parents Matter,” an initiative created as a response to debate comments from his opponent, former Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), in which McAuliffe said parents should not have a say in school curriculums.

Biden Education Secretary Miguel Cardona would not say Thursday during an exchange with Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) that parents are the “primary” stakeholders in their children’s education.

A new study published at the Boston-based Pioneer Institute points to the significant increase in families who are now regularly homeschooling as a sign the education option is now a “viable” choice.

Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) caused a firestorm on Twitter following his comment during his debate with Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin: “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.”

A Texas mom read her school board a passage about anal sex from a book that has been available to middle school children in the district.

The program director of a national organization of black homeschooling families condemned the premise of Critical Race Theory (CRT), asserting school systems promoting it are using black families “to move their agenda forward.”

The founder of Moms for America is calling for a national parents strike to protest “the continued public school mask mandates” and other “encroachments on our freedoms.”

U.S. Parents Involved in Education (USPIE) has released its response to the “21-Day Challenge” programs marketed by “equity” consultants riding the Critical Race Theory wave.

Journalist and author Abigail Shrier shared on social media Thursday a 2018 memo sent to her by a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) teacher that explicitly states parents are not to be informed if their children have changed their gender identities.

Parents and students in New Jersey protested on Wednesday night against the state’s mandate for masks to be worn in schools.

Scotland’s left-separatist Scottish National Party (SNP) government has issued official guidance to schools saying they can assist supposedly transgender pupils to change their gender identity from the age of four, without telling their parents.

Florida officials issued a rule protecting parents’ right to make decisions for their minor children, including no mask wearing at school.

Critical Race Theory opponents in Guilford, CT won out after Republicans voted to place 5 of their candidates on the board of education ballot.

A Minnesota fourth grade student said the class was required to complete an equity survey and told not to discuss it with parents.

More parents are homeschooling their children even as schools have been planning to reopen with in-person instruction.

The superintendent of Bellingham School District in Washington defended reading a transgender book to first graders without parents’ consent.