How did books and school vouchers get tangled up in partisan politics?
From taking books off library shelves to private school vouchers, issues surrounding public schools have taken a place near the center of the debate leading up to the 2022 midterms.
And with Election Day just days away, we examine those two topics through the prism of two Texas school districts., parents are divided over 41 books that have been removed -- a second time -- for further review. Two district parents explain their views and why they think northeast Tarrant County has become ground zero for the nexus of education and politics.
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How did books and school vouchers get tangled up in partisan politics? - North Texas Wants to KnowFrom taking books off library shelves to private school vouchers, issues surrounding public schools have taken a place near the center of the debate leading up to the 2022 midterms. And with Election Day just days away, we examine those two topics through the prism of two Texas school districts. In Keller ISD, parents are divided over 41 books that have been removed -- a second time -- for further review. Two district parents explain their views and why they think northeast Tarrant County has become ground zero for the nexus of education and politics. Then, we look at the voucher-adjacent program that almost got off the ground in Wimberley ISD, in Central Texas, with Forrest Wilder, a senior editor at Texas Monthly. He wrote an article last month titled 'Inside the Secret Plan to Bring Private School Vouchers to Texas.' University of Texas at Arlingtonpolitical science professor Rebecca Deen joins host Baylee Friday to explain how the debate around schools got so heated.
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