MANAGING ORGANIZED OPPOSITION.

PUBLIC schools; UNITED States education system; SCHOOL districts; CHRISTIANS

The article focuses on organized opposition groups against the public schools that have emerged across the U.S. in recent years. It is reported that these groups can be categorized into four types: anti-tax, project-specific opposition, conservative Christian and anti-government. Opposition groups spawning from an anti-tax perspective typically are said to be active on a broader front than fighting a new high school or an increase in a school district's operating funds.