Moms for Liberty calls for 'mass exodus' from public school system

WASHINGTON (TND) — The spokeswoman for Moms for Liberty, who called for a “mass exodus from the public school system,” explained to The National Desk Wednesday night why her idea is “very realistic.”

“There are already vast and advanced home-schooling options that are available, I’m not recreating the wheel or anything like that,” said Moms for Liberty spokeswoman Quisha King. “There are already plans in place that parents can have options for and opportunity to get their children educated in a great way.”

When asked by TND anchor Meagan O’Halloran what options are available for families who may not be able to send their kids to private school, or home-school them, King explained that “There are more options than just private or home schooling.”

There are these things called home school co-ops, or home-school pods ... there are tons of different options depending on where you live — what state you live in — will determine the option. But yes, we’re really trying to find out what the parents' concerns are in the state to show them what options are available to them, the resources, and show them that yes this can be done, and it’s already being done.

King said, “parents are tired of the poor education that their children are getting.” She noted several reasons including exposure to drugs, CRT, mask mandates and vaccine mandates for why parents are upset.

When pressed by O’Halloran about how slavery and racism should be taught in schools, King said she “absolutely” believes it should be taught, just in a different manner than it currently is by many schools around the country.

I just don’t think that they should teach that that’s the only Black-American history that should be taught, and certainly that we shouldn’t be dwindled down to just oppressors and oppressed,” King responded. “I don’t think that any child should be summed up in boxes of oppressor and oppressed. That’s insulting in my opinion.

King added that she doesn’t like the negative connotation associated with how American history, specifically Black-American history, is taught in schools. “We rarely hear about the positive Black-American history, and all of the positive American history that should be taught too.”

King indicated she pulled her daughter out of the public school system years ago.

“I knew that it was my duty to get her the best education possible, we got her into a great private school — through school choice — and she’s thriving there.”