San Francisco has been thrust into the culture wars over K-12 education, as its public schools chief prepares to testify before Congress on Wednesday about parental rights and “inappropriate” course curriculum.
Superintendent Maria Su has been summoned to appear before the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and the Workforce for a hearing “to help ensure that children are protected and federal funds are spent responsibly,” committee chairman Tim Walberg (R-Michigan) wrote in an April letter.
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Su and the heads of Chicago and Loudoun County, Virginia schools, Macquline King and Aaron Spence, are likely to face questions about policies relating to gender identity and parental disclosure and course content on topics like race and sexuality, as the Trump administration moves to increase oversight on these topics by threatening federal funding.
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