Critical race theory in schools prompts pushback by parents in Wisconsin and across the nation

By GARION FRANKEL | November 19, 2021 

The fury of parents aimed at local school boards across the country was stoked this week by a government whistleblower who says the FBI set up a system to begin tracking those angry exchanges at the direction of Attorney General Merrick Garland.

If anything, tensions have escalated since a wave of at least 160 recall elections targeting 265 elected officials on November 2, most of them involving mask mandates for students and the teaching of critical race theory in classrooms, according to Ballotpedia.

Six weeks before Election Day, the National School Boards Association, fearing the growing parent revolt, sent a plea to President Joe Biden for a review of clashes at school board meetings and threats made to board members to determine if they could be considered “the equivalent to a form of domestic terrorism and hate crimes.”

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