Liberals try to reclaim ‘parents’ rights’ from conservatives in education

In the raging culture wars, conservative parents jumped out first with a robust agenda built around the defense of “parents’ rights.”

Now, seeking to apply some countervailing pressure, groups are coalescing on the left to resist conservative efforts to remove books from schools, end student LGBTQ clubs and restrict classroom discussions of race and gender. Experts and advocates say the liberals — some forming groups nationally and others in states and local communities — increasingly are in a strong position to push back.