Biden admin education panel stacked with critical race theory-supporting activists, GOP senators say

EXCLUSIVE: A group of Senate Republicans led by Sen. Bill Cassidy is pressing Education Secretary Miguel Cardona over a panel in his department they say is stacked with liberal activists who support issues like critical race theory and gun control.

"During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became evident that facilitating the relationship between schools and parents is most successfully chartered at the local level," the Cassidy, R-La., letter to Cardona said. "Therefore I welcome the stated purpose of this council; however, it is troubling that you seem to have forgotten to include any actual families or local officials on it."

"Instead, the Department has filled the Council with organizations that have limited, if any engagement on the local level," the letter continued. "Most, if not all, of these organizations are liberal advocacy groups that seek to nationalize our education systems into a one-size-fits-all system while eliminating parental choice and leaving the individual needs of our students behind."