'Activists are seldom guilty of making nuanced arguments, but the open question is whether Moms for Liberty unapologetic brand of advocacy will attract more adherents than it repels. I wouldn’t bet against them.' -Robert Pondiscio
Rear view of little boy and his classmates raising arms to answer teacher's question during the lecture in the classroom.arlier this month, I spent the weekend at the Moms for Liberty “Joyful Warrior” summit in Philadelphia, which made national news by attracting a gaggle of leading GOP presidential contenders as speakers, including Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. No mean feat for an organization that didn’t even exist during the last presidential campaign.
On social media, critics of the group have one-upped each other with clever, dismissive nicknames for Moms for Liberty, mostly unprintable, including the “Minivan Taliban” and “Klanned Karenhood.” Go ahead and mock, but my biggest takeaway from attending their conference is that “Karen” is playing for keeps. Underestimate her resolve at your peril.
Critics of the group have been arguing over whether or not Moms for Liberty is a “grassroots” or “astroturf” phenomenon. It hardly matters. The uncommon levels of focus and activist energy on display in Philly would be very hard to drive and sustain from the top down, regardless of the group’s origins or funding sources.
K–12 education is congenitally fad-driven, unable to resist shiny new objects from education technology and 21st Century Skills, to “trauma-informed” pedagogy and social and emotional learning. If there’s a conspiracy in American education, it’s among vendors, consultants, and assorted camp followers conspiring to gorge themselves on a reliable source of public dollars, while providing schools with plausible excuses for their inability to meet minimal standards in reading and math.
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