Category: The Farrell Report

Teachers are under increasing stress as Republican-aligned local parent and anti-pandemic groups are storming school board meetings demanding the abandonment or non-implementation of mitigation protocols—masking and social distancing. Democrats are largely paying lip service to these stark challenges and are off in an alternate political reality.

As the nation continues its rapid trek toward a demographic status where Whites are no longer the racial majority group, Republicans are pulling out all stops to stay in power.

we have to be vigilant in ensuring that our new public school student populations have the broad-based economic support that is needed for them to succeed and excel. They are under siege with regard to their need for educational resources even as their numbers continue to surge.

As White flight intensifies and White birth rates decline, students of color have ascended to majority status in K-12 public schools and now make up the bulk of students in the 50 states.

Unexpectedly and contrary to robust predictions, the Democrats lost 13 House seats in the 2020 election. Republicans need to flip five seats to regain control of the House in the 2022 midterms, while only needing a net gain of one seat to return the Senate, which is tied 50 to 50, to a Republican majority.

corporate public school privatization advocates are deploying their Democratic and Republican supplicants to undermine the Biden-Harris political agenda which is widely supported by citizens from both political parties.

Over time, it is expected that public school teachers will be reduced to a level of serfdom as their unions will be decimated due to their demonization and the loss of students.

Although schools need to be reopened safely and soon, teachers, low-income parents in particular, and the rest of us need to be mindful of the rationales that are being used to expedite the plans that are being put forth.

To date, there is very little outcry from Democratic activists, most of whom are only now becoming aware that this bait and switch occurred. As knowledge of this double-cross spreads across the progressive Democratic base, it may spell trouble for get-out-the-vote (GOTV) plans for the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential election.

many low-income parents have allied themselves with teachers, especially in low-income districts, as they demand vaccinations, classroom spacing, personal protective equipment, disinfectants, and improved ventilation systems in buildings and classrooms that were already severely lacking in these areas.