Whispers around the Capitol are that Gov. Greg Abbott is succeedingly marginalizing himself with his “school choice” crusade, which has slowly transformed from a “parent empowerment” speech to an aggressive campaign against public schools, teachers, and administrators.
His agenda has focused on releasing parents from what he considers to be the indoctrination of “woke” agendas in public schools. Meanwhile, the “parent empowerment night” tour has solely included religious private schools.
Initially, Abbott’s endeavors appeared to be rational – he embarked on a tour of private schools to generate support for his key legislative priority this session. However, in the last few weeks, some would say his attempts to promote vouchers/ESAS “reeks of desperation,” and are questionable.
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