Mon Jan 10, 2022 – 4:59 pm EST
RICHMOND (LifeSiteNews) — As Republican Glenn Youngkin prepares to take office as the next Governor of Virginia on January 15, some are expressing concern that his choice of education secretary may signal a weaker commitment to the concerns of conservative parents than the sentiment that carried him to victory.
Youngkin, the former CEO of the private equity firm Carlyle Group, defeated Democrat Terry McAuliffe in early November, riding a wave of discontent with COVID restrictions and leftist radicalism in public schools that also fueled a GOP takeover of the state House of Delegates.
In December, Youngkin announced the selection of Aimee Rogstad Guidera to serve as Virginia Secretary of Education, citing her as a “critical partner in restoring expectations of excellence; overseeing a record education budget to invest in teachers, facilities and special education; rolling out innovation lab and charter schools; and standing for a curriculum that prepares Virginia’s children for a dynamic future and removes politics from the classroom.”
The Daily Caller reports that in 2005, Guidera founded Data Quality Campaign (DQC), an organization that advocates for better anonymized collection of student data for use in crafting
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