Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has overhauled the way race and LGBTQ issues are discussed in public schools, and the fight has engaged right wing power players including The Proud Boys, Moms for Liberty and Michael Flynn. Parents on all sides of the debate are fired up making school board meetings partisan free-for-alls. This recent conservative education movement started in Florida but has spread across the nation. In partnership with Zac Anderson of the Sarasota Herald Tribune we find out what’s at the root of the fight over public schools.
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Credits
Executive Producer and Writer Yasmeen Qureshi
Producer Lamar Salter
Lead Editor Mark Apicella
Reporter Zac Anderson
Camera Mitchel Worley
Additional Camera Yasmeen Qureshi and Lamar Salter
Story Producer Andrea Kramar
Supervising Editor Justin Schultz
Motion Graphics Designers Mike De Angelis and William Pennington
Additional Narration Zulekha Nathoo
Executives of Production:
Kate Gutman
Russ Torres
Robert Padavick
Special thanks to
Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Sergio Bustos, Jennifer Orsi, Steven Walker, Romina Ruiz, Caren Bohan, David Hamlin, Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Nicole Carroll and Amalie Nash
Photos of Proud Boys in Sarasota:
Allan Mestel
Additional Photos:
Thomas Bender
Mike Lang
Vic Mellor
Carol Lerner
Melissa Radovich
Dan Wagner
Additional Footage:
ABC 11 WTVD-TV
AP Images
Getty Images
Miami Herald
Moms for Liberty
Josh Morgan
Melissa Radovich
Storyful
SNNTV
Tim Shortt
Bridget Ziegler
School Board Footage:
Sarasota County Schools
Loudoun County Public Schools
New Hanover County Schools
Orange County School District
Milford School District
Birmingham Public Schools
Davis Joint Unified School District
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