The highly anticipated “red wave” didn’t materialize in the midterm elections. Despite that disappointment, however, there were valuable victories for educational freedom.

Florida, the national leader in educational freedom (though Arizona may surpass it with the state’s recent passage of universal school choice), saw Gov. Ron DeSantis’s decisive reelection. Republicans also gained supermajority control of the state House and Senate, as well as victory in 41 of 67 conservative-backed school board elections. Voters in Maryland, Indiana, and Michigan brought more conservative school board majorities. Credit is due to those parents who spoke out against school closures and political indoctrination taking precedence over academic learning.