Anne Lutz Fernandez
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This piece includes a great deal of helpful evidence supporting the idea that the GOP assault on education is not just a culture war side show (as many of us have been saying for a while), but a dangerous attempt to use the system to authoritarian ends.
09:48 AM - May 08, 2023
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
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While the author, Chait, has a history of opinion writing that helped set the stage for such an assault, the argument could be made for better late than never in recognizing the seriousness of the threat.
09:49 AM - May 08, 2023
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
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Unfortunately, the piece ultimately becomes an assault on itself, arguing that the GOP is creating laws that undermine education while echoing their key talking point: "Progressive educators can implement change that’s far more radical in character than anything Democrats could pass."
09:49 AM - May 08, 2023
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
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As usual, the GOP is presented as powerful and the Democrats as naive and helpless, something that deflates the sense of urgency the rest of the piece inspires. It's the "but" construction of centrist journalists and pundits that seems to continually emphasize Dem inefficacy.
09:50 AM - May 08, 2023
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
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Many Dems recognize the threat and are taking it seriously. Many recognized it far before this author seems to have. But here we are. Time to face it and fight it together and stop trying to look smarter than the next person. You can't fight authoritarianism with both-sidesing contrarianism.
09:50 AM - May 08, 2023
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
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The key point from the piece needs unequivocal hammering: "[S]eizing political control of the schools is not a campaign slogan. It’s a plan to turn power into more power."
09:53 AM - May 08, 2023
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Maureen
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Focus for everyone should be on local school boards

I live where things remain pretty safe, though there’s a candidate running for school committee w/ the nationwide rally cry abt ed. Voters aren’t falling for it but would be easy to be swayed w/ how she presents

Pay attention to local elections
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12:06 PM - May 08, 2023
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