"The film, which focuses on several Texas school districts, including Keller and Granbury, begins with a list: In 2021, Texas state Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican, circulated the names of 850 books for review, many of them focused on LGBTQ+ lives, race, racism, and history. But Snyder's film is not really about lists. It's about what happens after the list is made - about the people who enforce it, the people who resist it, and the people who get caught in between."
"What she found instead was paper. Lesson plans. Objectives. Exercises in naming feelings and learning how to sit with disagreement. "I read through all the lesson plans, and it was great things we were teaching our kids," she told The Advocate. The materials focused on social and emotional learning, how children recognize their emotions, how they resolve conflict, and how they learn to live alongside other people. None of it resembled the lurid stories she'd been told."
Courtney Gore examined her Texas school district's curriculum expecting evidence of indoctrination but found lesson plans focused on social and emotional learning. Materials emphasized naming feelings, resolving conflict, and learning to live alongside others. In 2021, Texas state Rep. Matt Krause circulated a list of 850 books for review, many dealing with LGBTQ+ lives, race, racism, and history. The response to the list triggered enforcement and resistance dynamics involving school officials, parents, and advocacy groups. Organized conservative groups, including Moms for Liberty, played prominent roles in challenging books and curriculum content.
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