If you are unhappy, like I am, with the ideological actions of the school board and its lack of transparency and accountability, the election on November 7 is the only remedy.
This Bucks County District serves as a warning to the nation about the consequences of far-right takeovers of school boards.
Members of the Pennridge community gained valuable insight into the methodology being used by extremist anti-government groups to destroy public education – and what can be done about it.
Democracy Forward’s Skye Perryman talks about the looming threats that the organized and well-funded right poses to public education and which tools are useful in fighting that threat.
“Censorship must be called out for what it is. Removing, restricting, or imposing policy and intimidation on school librarians that limits the selection of materials will harm our students,” said Pennsylvania School Librarians Association President-elect Sarah DeMaria.
Books can provide readers with places of connection, build empathy, and overcome division. Banning books accomplished the opposite.
Emails retrieved from RTK requests reveal the extent and scope of board members’ attempts to push more right-wing indoctrination into classrooms.
AFT Pennsylvania President Arthur Steinberg says voucher programs are “harmful,” “anti-public education,” and they “leave kids behind.”
Library books, a lawsuit, and Right-To-Know requests were blamed for the ever escalating legal bills, but the exact price tag remains a tightly guarded mystery.
“It’s easy to mock this legislation because it’s so inane and embarrassing — and we have,” said Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA).
If ICE approves the 287(g) “task force model” application and the sheriff moves forward without the commissioners’ green light, legal action will be imminent and “Bucks County taxpayers will be on the hook.”
The Michigan state lawmaker with a rising national profile is running for U.S. Senate. She also has ties to Bucks County.
The Arizona senator also discussed how Democrats need to stop being “too effing safe all the time” and do a better job of reaching out to voters and expanding the party’s base.
“But without federal funding, the road ahead becomes more challenging — not just in sustaining what we do now, but in continuing to grow and innovate,” said Bill Marrazzo, President & CEO for WHYY.
