Texas think tank accuses Houston parent coalition of using 'socialist' tactics to push radical agenda

WE ARE ALL GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN HOUSTON BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CURRENTLY UNDER STATE TAKEOVER AND NOW THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION IS STARTING DRAMA! THEY RELEASED A NEW REPORT ACCUSING A GROUP CALLED COMMUNITY VOICES FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION OF USING SOCIALIST TACTICS TO PUSH A RADICAL AGENDA IN SCHOOLS! THE TPPF CLAIMS THIS CVPE GROUP IS JUST A FRONT FOR TEACHERS UNIONS AND FAR-LEFT ORGANIZATIONS TRYING TO KEEP THE OLD STATUS QUO ALIVE! KATE BIERLY FROM THE TPPF SAYS THEIR POLICIES ARE HARMFUL, WHICH IS A HUGE CLAIM! CVPE HAS BEEN SUPER VOCAL AGAINST THAT STATE TAKEOVER FROM 2023 AND NOW THEY ARE CLASHING OVER THE FUTURE OF THE DISTRICT AND TESTING POLICIES WHILE ACADEMIC GAINS ARE SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENING. ANYWAY I WILL BE THINKING ABOUT THIS IN THE TAXI.

TBH THIS ONE IS WILD BECAUSE THE TEXAS PUBLIC POLICY FOUNDATION JUST DROPPED A REPORT TARGETING A HOUSTON PARENT COALITION CALLED CVPE! THEY ARE ALLEGING THAT THIS GROUP IS NOT ACTUALLY JUST GRASSROOTS PARENTS AND TEACHERS BUT RATHER A POLITICAL MACHINE FUNNELING STUFF FOR TEACHERS UNIONS! APPARENTLY THE TPPF THINKS THESE POLICIES ARE RADICAL AND HARMFUL, THOUGH THEY ARE NOT SAYING EXACTLY WHICH ONES ARE THE WORST BEYOND A GENERAL VIBE OF BEING SOCIALIST-ALIGNED! THE WHOLE THING IS HAPPENING AS THE HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IS STILL DEALING WITH THE AFTERMATH OF A STATE TAKEOVER FROM LAST YEAR WHILE EVERYONE ARGUES ABOUT WHETHER THE DISTRICT IS ACTUALLY IMPROVING! IT IS HONESTLY A MASSIVE CLASH OF IDEOLOGIES OVER WHO GETS TO RUN THE SCHOOLS DOWN THERE. ANYWAY I NEED A WATER IMMEDIATELY.

The Texas Public Policy Foundation released a report accusing the Houston-based Community Voices for Public Education group of using socialist tactics to promote radical agendas in local schools.

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