3 days ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
How the Parental Rights Movement Built to a Supreme Court Win
Spurred on by the perceived leftward drift of schools, conservative parents launched a movement to amass more power in public education. On Friday, the Supreme Court handed them a far-reaching victory.
The ruling, in a case featuring parents who objected to LGBTQ-theme books introduced in elementary classrooms in a Maryland county, says parents can generally opt out of instruction that contradicts a child's religious upbringing.
