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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore good news from Michigan; Repubs and their idiotic BS won't control our schools!
Democrats sweep Michigan Board of Education and MSU, UM, Wayne State raceshttps://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/democrats-sweep-michigan-board-education-and-msu-um-wayne-state-races
LANSING In a year in which education debate has been dominated by Republican culture-war attacks from LGBTQ inclusivity to the teaching of critical race theory Democrats swept contested races on Tuesday in a slate of university and K-12 board races in Michigan.
Democrats Pamela Pugh and Mitchell Robinson took two contested seats on the State Board of Education, which sets education standards for Michigan schools. Their victories maintained a Democratic majority on the board, and denied openings to Republican candidates who argued that schools were indoctrinating students in communist, Marxist and perverted ideologies.
Democrats also took the two contested seats on each of the governing boards for the University of Michigan, Michigan State University and Wayne State University, according to unofficial results from all 83 counties.
Republican activists and parents groups had framed the states education debate this election year on parental rights, seeking to rid the public schools of so-called woke ideology on race, history and other subjects, while also saying they were frustrated by schools that they felt werent transparent about lesson plans and diversity initiatives.
To be sure, a number of parental rights candidates secured positions on local school boards Tuesday. But on board openings put to statewide votes, they were shut out.
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More good news from Michigan; Repubs and their idiotic BS won't control our schools! (Original Post)
Red Raider 85
Nov 2022
OP
I'm so glad that my county Democratic Party mailed out a flyer that listed all of the
catbyte
Nov 2022
#6
MLAA
(17,299 posts)1. YEAH!
No book burnings in your future!!
reymega life
(675 posts)3. I like it now bring this to my state PENNSYLVANIA
niyad
(113,374 posts)2. YES!!!!
Chainfire
(17,553 posts)4. Good for you!
A little piece of Ron DeSantis will be in every classroom in my state.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)5. Throughout history, the ones banning or burning books
have NEVER been the good guys.
Biophilic
(3,666 posts)9. This a thousand times!!
catbyte
(34,407 posts)6. I'm so glad that my county Democratic Party mailed out a flyer that listed all of the
candidates they endorsed on the non-partisan part of the ballot. I'm always flummoxed by them, even in the Age of Google. I always vote straight ticket because, let's face it, why not? I haven't voted for a RepubliQan since the mid-1980s. But I've found that candidate information on some of these obscure races can be a little tricky to find, so I appreciated seeing them all listed in one place.
Thank you to the Ingham County Democrats!
Cha
(297,323 posts)7. TY & MI Dems!! 💙🇺🇸🕯🕊 nt
onetexan
(13,043 posts)8. Dems have alot to learn from MI's examples of how to win - statewide.
chillfactor
(7,576 posts)10. Halleluiah!
Smart informed voters in Michigan!!!!!!!
msongs
(67,420 posts)11. at the CA schools where I worked parents were welcome to come in and see teacher lesson plans nt
Johnny2X2X
(19,069 posts)12. Blue wave here in Michigan
A Republican would have trouble getting elected state dog catcher right now.