{"id":3444,"date":"2022-12-01T12:07:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T17:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpa.org\/education\/?p=3444"},"modified":"2023-06-14T12:34:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T16:34:34","slug":"education-was-on-the-ballot-heres-how-key-issues-played-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpa.org\/education\/2022\/12\/01\/education-was-on-the-ballot-heres-how-key-issues-played-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Education was on the ballot; Here\u2019s how key issues played out"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Maya Pottiger,
\nWord in Black<\/p>\n

A week after the midterm elections, not all of the races have been called, but we\u2019re starting to\u00a0see how key issues in the K-12 space will play out amidst new leadership and policies.<\/p>\n

With at least seven state superintendent seats and 51 state boards of election seats up for election, there was a lot at stake.<\/p>\n

In mid-October, a few weeks before the midterm elections, a Pew Research Center poll found that education was in the top three issues for voters, coming in at 66 percent of Democrat supporters, 60 percent of Republican supporters, and 64 percent of all voters. A Washington Post\u2014ABC News poll found similar results, with 59 percent of voters saying education was a \u201cvery important\u201d issue in who they were voting for in Congress, and 18 percent identifying it as \u201cone of the single most important issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. John B. King Jr., president of The Education Trust and former secretary of education under President Obama, says the top education issue that still keeps him up at night is equity in public schools. He says our economy and democracy depend on addressing education.<\/p>\n

\u201cA majority of kids in the nation\u2019s public schools are kids of color, a majority of the kids in the nation\u2019s public schools participate in free and reduced-price lunch programs,\u201d King said. \u201cIf we don\u2019t get much better \u2014 very quickly \u2014 at providing educational opportunities to low-income students and students of color, we have no future as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n

But teachers are what give him hope. He says classrooms and teachers around the country continue to save kids\u2019 lives \u2014 the same way they did his. After his parents passed away when he was 8 and 12, King credits New York City public school teachers for saving his life, making school a safe, supportive, and engaging place.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs hard as COVID has been on kids and families, in every community, there are stories of teachers who went above and beyond to help their kids academically, but also to help them get food, figure out how to deal with the trauma of losing a loved one,\u201d King said. \u201cThe beauty of what teachers are doing for kids every day all across America gives me a lot of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at how education issues played out during the midterms.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a long battle ahead for censorship in schools<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the last few years, there have been many attempts at censorship in classrooms, whether it\u2019s through book bans, limiting discussions around gender and sexuality, or blocking teaching the truth about racism and other forms of prejudice \u2014 which is what opponents erroneously call \u201ccritical race theory.\u201d And it looks like those battles aren\u2019t going anywhere any time soon.<\/p>\n

Election tracking site Ballotpedia analyzed 361 school board races, and its analysis found that 36 percent of candidates who oppose diversity initiatives and gender-neutral learning materials won their races, compared to 28 percent of winners who support these policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe midterms are happening against this background of intense censorship activity almost everywhere in the country,\u201d said Dr. Chris Finan, the executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship. He cited the landslide reelection of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has led book ban efforts, particularly those dealing with race and racism, slavery, and LGBTQ+ issues. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot of anger, and some of that anger that turned toward this book issues, and a lot of ambitious politicians seized on the issue to help them boost their support and their runs for office.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Pew Research Center poll found that nearly half (46 percent) of Republican parents think that students should not learn about gender identity in school, compared to only 28 percent of Democratic parents.<\/p>\n

While relatively no one polled thought that slavery shouldn\u2019t be taught in schools, the way they wanted their children to be taught about slavery was drastically different between Republican and Democratic parents.<\/p>\n

On the Republican side, 66 percent of respondents said they prefer their children were taught that \u201cslavery is part of American history but does not affect the position of Black people in American society today.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the other side, 70 percent of Democratic parents said they want their children to be taught that the legacy of slavery still has an effect on the position of Black people in American society. When looking at all parents polled, 49 percent voted for slavery still having an impact today compared to 42 percent voting that it doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t the first time censorship \u2014 specifically, book bans \u2014 has been a nationwide issue. After Ronald Reagan was elected president in the \u201880s, there were widespread efforts to ban books that went on for nearly a decade. So, with that in mind, we\u2019re \u201cvery early in the cycle,\u201d Finan said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think the issue is played out by any means,\u201d Finan said. \u201cI\u2019m not going to be surprised if we start hearing about new school board directors \u2014 school board members around the country supporting and joining in this campaign of censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n

The road to academic recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following years of virtual learning and devastating NAEP results, academic recovery is a top issue on the minds of candidates across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have the potential for bipartisan progress on putting resources into things like tutoring and summer learning initiatives, addressing teacher shortages, so that\u2019s encouraging,\u201d King said. \u201cMost places are forward-looking and asking what do we do now to address the impact of COVID and to address underlying inequities that COVID exacerbated?\u201d<\/p>\n

The fight for LGBTQ rights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Though there\u2019s plenty that keeps her up at night, Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, the executive director of GLSEN, says Gen Z\u2019s turnout in this election has really given her hope \u2014 especially when it comes to making sure schools are more inclusive and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ folks.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a generation who went out into the streets in the summer of 2020. It wasn\u2019t just the kids of color in that generation, it was the White kids of that generation. It wasn\u2019t just the LGBTQ+ young people in that generation, it was the straight and cisgender people in that generation standing up and for and with each other,\u201d Willingham-Jaggers said. \u201cThe thing that is wonderful about young people generally, and the thing that\u2019s particularly sweet and wonderful about Gen Z, is that they are deeply empathetic, and they see the world for what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

But this is both a blessing and a curse. As young people \u2014 the biggest, most multiracial, queerest generation on record \u2014 turn out to make their progressive voices heard, their opposition is trying to quiet them and \u201cmake the world smaller for the kids coming up behind them,\u201d Willingham-Jaggers said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese young people are at the heart of that inflection point. We have to fight for equality, education, truth, and democracy,\u201d Willingham-Jaggers said. \u201cAnd they know it, and this is a heavy backpack for them to carry.\u201d<\/p>\n

They still have to fight for inclusive curricula \u2014 like the truthful history of the country, and positive and accurate representations of different communities in our society, including LGBTQ+ people and people of color.<\/p>\n

While the midterms proved to be a \u201crainbow wave,\u201d there are still states like Georgia, Texas, and Florida that continue to be an uphill battle and at the center of our \u201cdeeply divided political climate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s unfortunate because that opposition really uses LGBTQ+ people as a wedge issue. They\u2019re gonna continue to attack education, and that\u2019s troubling,\u201d Willingham-Jaggers said. \u201cLGBTQ+ youth, especially trans and non-binary children, continue to be exploited as political pawns, and it\u2019s time to name that for what it is and fight back against these extremists.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school safety climate<\/strong><\/p>\n

The generation of students who grew up participating in active shooter drills at schools is old enough to vote.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey know how broken our gun laws are in this country and how much change is needed,\u201d King said. \u201cYoung people throughout the country, in survey after survey, indicate that they are very worried about guns and believe deeply that we should be doing more to have common sense gun reform.\u201d<\/p>\n

School safety was the top priority for voters in an October 6 High Point University poll, which surveys adults in North Carolina. It topped the list, with 74 percent of those polled saying it was \u201cvery important,\u201d with overall education and inflation coming in second at 73 percent.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t universal. In Texas, where 19 students and two teachers were killed in a shooting earlier this year, \u201cthere wasn\u2019t accountability for elected officials who have been promoting essentially unregulated access to weapons of war,\u201d King said.<\/p>\n

However, especially with the huge turnout among young voters, King says he is hopeful this election is proof that \u201cpoliticians across the political spectrum will realize that if they want to appeal to people, they have to have a more reasonable message on common sense gun reforms.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0A big win for art and music funding<\/strong><\/p>\n

California\u2019s Proposition 28, which will pump around $1 billion each year into music and arts education, passed by a wide margin with 61.5 percent of votes.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the first bill of its kind, and this is \u201cthe largest investment in arts that\u2019s happened in this country,\u201d said Robert Manwaring, a senior policy and fiscal advisor at the California-based organization Children Now, who also helped with the bill\u2019s language.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s really exciting because there\u2019s dramatic variation across schools and districts in the state on who has access to the arts and who doesn\u2019t,\u201d Manwaring said.<\/p>\n

Both in California and nationwide, arts education is more accessible to Whiter and wealthier districts. In its National Arts Education Status Report 2019, the Arts Education Data Project found that 7 percent of majority Black schools did not have access to arts education, compared to 3 percent of majority White schools and 2 percent of majority Asian schools.<\/p>\n

And schools with high levels of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility were twice as likely to not have access to arts education compared to schools with low levels of eligibility.<\/p>\n

The majority of the funds will go toward hiring music and arts teachers, and about a third is set aside for schools with high levels of low-income students.<\/p>\n

Now, the challenge is for the state to figure out how to recruit teachers for these new jobs, whether it\u2019s through expanding training programs or finding otherwise qualified people in the arts to go through teacher certification.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe funding is there, but the art teachers aren\u2019t yet,\u201d Manwaring said. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be some serious work that needs to get done there to fill all these slots.\u201d<\/p>\n

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