They Came for the Schools : One Town's Fight Over Race and Identity, and the New War for America's ssrooms

NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe urgent, revelatory story of how a school board win for the conservative right in one Texas suburb inspired a Christian nationalist campaign now threatening to undermine public education in America-from an NBC investigative reporter and co-creator of the Peabody Award-winning and Pulitzer Prize finalist Southlake podcast.Award-winning journalist Mike Hixenbaugh delivers the immersive and eye-opening story of Southlake, Texas, a district that seemed to offer everything parents would want for their children-small classes, dedicated teachers, financial resources, a track record of academic success, and school spirit in abundance.All this, until a series of racist incidents became public, a plan to promote inclusiveness was proposed in response-and a coordinated, well-funded conservative backlash erupted, lighting the fire of a national movement on the verge of changing the face of public schools across the country. They Came for the Schools pulls back the curtain on