Showdown over “Inclusive” Storybooks in Maryland Elementary Schools Heads to Supreme Court

Showdown over “Inclusive” Storybooks in Maryland Elementary Schools Heads to Supreme Court

Parents rally outside the U.S. District Court in Montgomery County, Maryland, during oral argument in Mahmoud v. Taylor in 2023. The plaintiffs lost their suit against the school board to reinstate the district’s opt-out policy from storybooks that contain mature content. If you wanted to design a case to encourage the Supreme Court’s conservative majority to keep expanding its application of the Free Exercise Clause, you could hardly d…

Supreme Court Case Highlights Clash Between Parental Rights and Progressive Indoctrination

By Craig J. DeLuz, Special to California Black Media Partners In America’s schools, the tension between parental rights and learning curricula has created a contentious battlefield. In this debate, it is essential to recognize that parents are, first and foremost, their children’s primary educators. When they send their children to school — public or private —