Tag: National School Board Association

Parents’ Rights Movement Spurs New Age of Advocacy in Local School Board Races

Two years ago, Ryan Girdusky was a New York-based reporter for conservative news sites, Tiffany Justice was a former Florida school board member and mother of four school-aged children, and Steve Maxwell was focused on growing his agricultural software business across the Southeast. None had experience in orchestrating political advocacy, recruiting candidates to run for…


Senate Judiciary Republicans Laying Groundwork for Wider Probe of School Board Letter Scandal

Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans, led by Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, are asking lots of detailed questions concerning federal targeting of parents who voice their opinions at local school board meetings. The extensive details sought by the Judiciary Republicans from Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of Education Michael…


DHS Sees No Rise in Violence Against Educators, but Federal Probe Continues

Department of Homeland Security counterterrorism coordinator John Cohen said Nov. 3 that the DHS has not found evidence of rising violence against educators—refuting the ostensible reason that Attorney General Merrick Garland launched an ongoing investigation into the matter. Cohen’s remarks came during a House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence hearing on domestic terrorism in response…


New Hampshire School Boards Association Leaves National Organization Over Parent Controversy

The New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) announced Thursday that it has withdrawn from the national organization following the group’s efforts to target parents. The National School Board Association (NSBA) recently sent a letter to the Biden administration’s Department of Justice that described the actions of parents protesting policies such as critical race theory or…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Oct. 27)

Authorities say a real bullet was loaded in the gun actor Alec Baldwin fired in a fatal shooting, a group of parents speak out at the National School Board Association Headquarters, and the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 could be just weeks away.