Candidates Backed by Parental Rights Group Win 90 School Board Seats In Off-Year Election

Published on November 13, 2023

In two years, Moms for Liberty, an apolitical organization focused on increasing parental rights, has gone from no more than an idea to a political force that has helped elect 365 school board members across the country. In the election on Nov. 7, 90 candidates endorsed by the group won school board offices nationwide, co-founder Tiffany Justice told The Epoch Times. That represents a 44 percent win rate, she said. By “parental rights,” Ms. Justice means that parents, not teachers, should control the education of their children. The idea is that public schools shouldn’t teach children political ideologies, make them follow pandemic restrictions that damage mental health, or secretly let children identify as the opposite sex without parental permission....