Donna Edwards: “It is important because, you know, the public believes that the work that you are undertaking now is entirely your own…”

I think Republicans are clearly going to use this 'education and parental involvement and what's taught in schools and what's in libraries' as a mechanism to draw their base voters out for this election.

Well, I think the numbers prove that in a Washington Post, University of Maryland poll that was released just a couple of weeks ago showed that, in fact, fully a third of Americans believe that violence is a, you know, response that is…

No doubt Republicans are actually really good at constructing a narrative that really draws people in, and this is one of those.

We have to have an argument that realizes that there is a healthy balance of parents being involved in schools, but also that professionals are making determinations about what is or is not taught in the schools.