It s hard to see how a tactic that has so intentionally fomented distrust between students, teachers and parents can be good for learning. Gov. Glenn Youngkin s policies have stoked animus against transgender people, tacitly endorsed censorship and stifled classroom lessons about systemic racism.
By pardoning Smith, Youngkin reinvigorates the parental rights debate, which remains as hot now as it was two years ago and is a seminal issue in races for seats on local school boards across Virginia.
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