School Leaders Wrestle with Culture Wars

(from the New York Times) As schools reopen across the country this month and next, they are at the center of debates that are more than divisive, that threaten to tear their communities apart. Issues that range from pandemic-related masking and vaccination requirements to the recognition of systemic racism and transgender rights are bringing parents and students alike into parking lots and school buildings themselves, as they protest, rally and counter rally. "You are just trying to keep everything from collapsing,” said one administrator. 

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