Commentary In the view of Terry McAuliffe, former Virginia gubernatorial candidate, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach.” According to Mary-Michelle Upson Hirschoff, a former assistant professor at the Indiana University School of Law, it’s not even clear that parents have an unambiguous right to have their children excused from instruction they regard as objectionable. She wrote in 1977 (pdf): “The curriculum of a public school in a democratic system of government is necessarily a subject of political debate. These controversies dramatize the inherent tension between the interests of the state and the interests of the parents in shaping the child’s development.” And what’s the position of Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers? She declared war on “culture warriors” who are “bullying teachers.” She elaborated: “But culture warriors are labeling any discussion of race, racism or discrimination as CRT [critical race …
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