![Understanding School Moms with Laura Pappano](https://ytimg.googleusercontent.com/vi/5bZ-yToLiNw/hqdefault.jpg)
Although billed as a grassroots parent movement, Laura reveals that Moms for Liberty is actually well-funded by far-right groups aiming to shift the balance of local school boards to advance their agenda. The demonstrations around the 2023 summit demonstrate an escalation of the fight.
Key takeaways:
Extremist tactics such as book bans, policies disenfranchising teachers, and misinformation threaten the democratic foundations of public education.
Local school boards have become battlegrounds for national partisan politics disconnected from the real needs of communities.
However, public schools remain vital to children's learning, growth, community connections, and identity development.
Laura calls on all citizens to engage at the local level, prioritize expertise over rhetoric, and reject misinformation in order to preserve quality public education
Despite the formidable challenges, Laura's ideas inspire hope that by coming together as a society, we can champion public schools as the great equalizer and engine of opportunity. The stakes are high, and so is our potential for positive impact when we engage as active citizens to protect this fundamental institution.
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