Tyler Kingkade is a national reporter for NBC News, based in Los Angeles.
FALLS CHURCH, Va. — Glenn Youngkin’s election as governor two years ago was supposed to spell the end of so-called woke ideology in Virginia’s public schools. But halfway through his term, his policy changes have met resistance in Fairfax County, the state’s largest school district and one of its most racially diverse communities.
” Less than a week later, Youngkin cited Langton’s complaints about the books at a gubernatorial debate to make the point that schools should listen to parents’ concerns. Terry McAuliffe, his Democratic opponent and a former governor, responded, “I’m not going to let parents come into schools and take books out.” McAuliffe’s retort is widely considered to have tanked his candidacy; Youngkin won by 2 percentage points in a state that had been trending blue.
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