A recently released poll conducted by the American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers’ unions in the country, indicated a trend that won’t please many of its members. Republicans are gaining ground in battleground states on an issue that traditionally has been dominated by Democrats: education.
The poll found that when voters were asked whether they have more confidence in Republicans or Democrats to handle education issues, 39 percent chose the GOP, 38 percent the Democrats. While this is a narrow lead, what matters are the gains that Republicans have made on this issue. It started with the counter-revolution against the teaching of critical race theory (CRT) in schools, which helped propel Glenn Youngkin to an upset victory in Virginia last November. The transition to online education during the pandemic exposed many parents to what their children were learning in school, and many were unhappy with what they saw. Recently, the focus of Republican politicians and conservative activists has shifted from exposing CRT in schools to countering radical gender ideology being taught to children in some K–12 schools. Christopher Rufo, senior fellow and director of the initiative on critical race theory at the Manhattan Institute, has started publishing a series of reports on radical gender ideology being taught to kids as young as five years old.
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