Two Visions of a Populist Education System

Rightwing criticism of community schools goes beyond Moms for Liberty. “In short, ‘community schooling’ represents educrats’ wet dream: a world in which American children become wards of the government through their schools,” opined a contributor at The Federalist, a publication funded by conservative billionaire Richard Uihlein and DonorsTrust. The latter is “an ‘associate’ member of the State Policy Network, a web of rightwing ‘think tanks’ in every state across the country,” according to the Center for Media and Democracy.