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049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aHixenbaugh, Mike _c(Journalist), _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aThey came for the schools : _bone town's fight over race and identity, and the new war for America's classrooms / _cMike Hixenbaugh.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bMariner Books, _c[2024]
264		4	_c©2024
300			_aviii, 277 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-264) and index.
520			_a"Award-winning journalist Mike Hixenbaugh delivers the immersive and eye-opening story of Southlake, Texas, a district that seemed to offer everything parents would want for their children--small classes, dedicated teachers, financial resources, a track record of academic success, and school spirit in abundance. But after a series of racist incidents became public, a plan to promote inclusiveness was proposed in response--and a coordinated, well-funded conservative backlash erupted, lighting the fire of a national movement on the verge of changing the face of public schools across the country. They Came for the Schools pulls back the curtain on the powerful forces driving this crusade to ban books, rewrite curricula, limit rights for minority and LGBTQ students--and, most importantly, to win what Hixenbaugh's deeply informed reporting convinces is the holy grail among those seeking to impose biblical values on American society: school privatization, one school board and one legal battle at a time. They Came for the Schools delivers an essential take on Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis, as they demean public schools and teachers and boost the Christian right's vision. Hixenbaugh brings to light fascinating connections between this political and cultural moment and past fundamentalist campaigns to censor classroom lessons. Finally, They Came for the Schools traces the rise of a new resistance movement led by a diverse coalition of student activists, fed-up educators, and parents who are beginning to win select battles of their own: a blueprint, they hope, for gaining inclusive and civil schools for all"--Dust jacket flap.
505	0		_aPrologue -- Part I: Suburban dreamland. Perfect City, U.S.A -- You've got to change -- Not just a word -- Everything imploded -- Part II: Building the army. Coming to a town near you -- Existential threat -- One election away -- Blowout -- The Southlake playbook -- The parents are our clients -- Part III: So goes America. Christianity will have power -- Seven mountains -- The Florida blueprint -- I lost my son -- The holy grail -- It still mattered -- Epilogue.
650		0	_aEducation _zTexas _zSouthlake _xHistory.
650		0	_aRacism _zTexas _zSouthlake _xHistory.
650		0	_aConservatism _zUnited States. _965408
650		0	_aEducation _zUnited States. _9301201
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