Texas school trustees begin ideological purge with Christian nationalist backing

Homebuyers and CEOs looking to relocate always ask the same thing: “How are the schools?” Christian nationalist trustees at Cypress-Fairbanks ISD, Texas’ third-largest public school district, just made answering that question awkward and embarrassing. Six school board members voted to ban teachers from discussing how vaccines saved millions from polio, smallpox and COVID. Teachers may no longer highlight the benefits of living in the nation’s…