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It seems that just about every day, I read (multiple) articles about how angry parents are. They’ve lost faith in their schools, they are storming board meetings, and it’s all because of “woke” indoctrination or mask mandates.
If you turn off the news and talk to parents, you will discover that these angry parents are a very small minority. Unfortunately for everybody else, they have a right-wing propaganda machine behind them… not only amplifying their grievances, but pushing them to act out to gain some notoriety.
The results from this survey tell us the REAL story of parents and what they think of their local schools. Overall, they are quite happy, and for every parent who thinks the schools are too “woke,” there is another parent who thinks schools aren’t “woke” enough.
www.npr.org
If you turn off the news and talk to parents, you will discover that these angry parents are a very small minority. Unfortunately for everybody else, they have a right-wing propaganda machine behind them… not only amplifying their grievances, but pushing them to act out to gain some notoriety.
The results from this survey tell us the REAL story of parents and what they think of their local schools. Overall, they are quite happy, and for every parent who thinks the schools are too “woke,” there is another parent who thinks schools aren’t “woke” enough.

The education culture war is raging. But for most parents, it's background noise
By wide margins, parents across the political spectrum are satisfied with how their children's schools teach about race, gender and history. That's according to a new national poll by NPR and Ipsos.

"It really is a pretty vocal minority that is hyper-focused on parental rights and decisions around curriculum," observes Mallory Newall of Ipsos, which conducted the poll.
Just 18% of parents say their child's school taught about gender and sexuality in a way that clashed with their family's values; just 19% say the same about race and racism; and just 14% feel that way about U.S. history.