At that point, Hixenbaugh realized that something had been happening in his quiet Dallas suburb of Southlake, something that was probably very big unraveling just what was afoot would be the journalistic work of years, and would ultimately result in his new book, They Came for the Schools.
Looking at the wider phenomenon of conservative pushback against recent cultural movements meant to address things like systemic racism and the rights and inclusion of LGBTQ+ individuals, Hixenbaugh focuses on public schools as a flashpoint.
he reports that in exchange for an elite public school education, her children had dealt with near-daily insults some subtle, some less so which she said they'd been conditioned to accept as a normal part of life.
Much of Hixenbaugh's book focuses on giving voice to the very human toll of this backlash and trying to understand what would motivate people to come out so vigorously against educators and policies intended to make schools a safer place for all.
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