Conservative ideas losing at the ballot box

Conservative educational ideas seemed to lose in recent elections, with progressive candidates winning school board seats. Parental rights groups endorsed candidates who pushed for book bans and barring teaching about LGBTQ+ topics, but these candidates performed poorly. Historian Adam Lots argues that when given the chance to examine the accusations against public schools, voters tend to reject them because they are not accurate. He cites West Virginia as an example, where a fight over a multicultural curriculum in 1974 led to the election of middle-of-the-road candidates, signaling a rejection of conservative control.