A conservative parents group that pushes for book bans is sharing videos on how to pressure your child's teachers

Fri, 08/11/2023 - 15:35

Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books that have been the subject of complaints from parents on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City.
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Utah Parents United is a conservative Christian group that pushes for education reform in Utah.
Utah Parents United released a training video that teaches parents how to confront teachers.
Utah passed the Sensitive Materials in Schools Act in 2022. Critics say it targets books with LGBTQ+ themes.

A parent group in Utah that has campaigned to ban books it doesn't like published a training video on how to pressure teachers into changing their curriculums while still "preserving the relationship" between the family and the school.