Amid the crackdowns on DEI and LGBTQ inclusion, parents across the country are weighing tough decisions over where to live and send their kids to school.

Enjoyed discussing “They Came for the Schools” w/ Symone D. Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez on The Weekend on MSNBC.

Amid the crackdowns on DEI and LGBTQ inclusion, parents across the country are weighing tough decisions over where to live and send their kids to school.

Enjoyed discussing “They Came for the Schools” w/ Symone D. Sanders Townsend, Michael Steele and Alicia Menendez on The Weekend on MSNBC.

“As Hixenbaugh writes in his new book, ‘They Came for the Schools,’ Southlake’s long-awaited diversity plan happened to emerge in July 2020, shortly after the murder of George Floyd … sparked Black Lives Matter protests against racism and police brutality.”

“Everybody who cares about the future of this country—even if you don’t have a child in school—should be reading about what’s happening down there,” says alexwagner on Mike Hixenbaugh’s new book, “They Came for the Schools.'

Delighted to see “They Came for the Schools” — and great books by Laura Pappano, Cara Fitzpatrick and Laura Meckler — spotlighted this morning by the The New Yorker.

“The Texas School District That Provided the Blueprint for an Attack on Public Education” newyorker.com/books/under-re…

Leah D. Daughtry Lanny Davis Steve Cohen Also joining #TheWeekend today 👇
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Mini Timmaraju
Tara Setmayer 🌻
Mike Hixenbaugh
Susanne Craig
Ankush Khardori
Mark Joseph Stern

god love the Republican Party of Texas, debating the party's rules on the convention floor now: youtube.com/watch?v=F2f6Mh…

A bill that would mandate that public school classrooms display the Ten Commandments is one step closer to passage in Louisiana -- and it would apply to colleges, too. Read our analysis: pen.org/whats-going-on…

I'm really glad that vice presidential candidate, Nicole Shanahan, tweeted this because it gives me a chance to talk about how reporting is done. This is called a 'no surprises' letter and was my final attempt (after a half dozen interview requests and questions to the RFK

Proposed Texas GOP platform: Mandatory public school Bible lessons.

Normal behavior from the Texas GOP’s general counsel #txlege

Reading ⁦Brandy Zadrozny⁩ to learn about “the power of the sun to heal nearly all chronic disease.” nbcnews.com/politics/2024-…

Really enjoyed this conversation with Houston Matters about “They Came for the Schools.”

Listen to the full episode here: youtu.be/TTmItC5uFG0?si…

It's not just Justice Alito.

Here's the 'Appeal to Heaven' flag flying outside of conservative powerbroker Leonard Leo's home in Maine.

Photo taken by a nearby resident who shared it with @ProPublica and gave us permission to publish it. 1/x

Join us for our June AFT Book Club session w AFT President Randi Weingarten and award-winning author Mike Hixenbaugh, discussing his new book, They Came for the Schools: sharemylesson.com/webinars/aft-b… ShareMyLesson

Second ruling is big: Justice Alito writes for 6-3 majority in the long-awaited racial gerrymanding case out of South Carolina supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf…

BREAKING: The Texas GOP platform committee narrowly rejected draft language classifying IVF embryos as “children” and calling for state law to designate their destruction as “homicide' at the party convention in San Antonio late last night.

The proposal, which failed 17-14:

My months-long investigation published today Houston Landing:

Texas schools illegally suspended thousands of homeless students — and nobody stopped them.

In response to our findings, legislators & state officials said they're mulling potential action.

🔗: houstonlanding.org/texas-homeless…

The definitive deep dive on the Appeal to Heaven flag.

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If you’re at all interested in what’s happening in Tulsa and Oklahoma school boards, you will greatly appreciate Mike’s book.