Show-Me AG Crackdown And Questions Targeting Culture War Student Surveys

Anybody who remembers high school understands that teachers and administrators have FAR TOO MUCH influence over the fledgling political discourse of their students.

Here's a bit of right-wing push back that acknowledges this fact of life . . .

Schmitt, who is running in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate, said in a news release that the subpoenas target student surveys that his office characterized as asking “personal and otherwise unnecessary questions” on topics like political views, sexuality and race.

Schmitt’s investigation appears to stem from a request his office received from the Southeastern Legal Foundation, a conservative national legal nonprofit that has recently turned its focus to Missouri schools.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Missouri attorney general subpoenas school districts over student surveys * Missouri Independent

Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday that he's issued subpoenas to seven school districts across the state as part of his ongoing investigation into school districts' curriculum and practices. Schmitt, who is running in the GOP primary for U.S.