Nancy MacLean: The Segregationist History of School Choice
School choice is rooted in a history of segregation and racism. Katherine Stewart wrote about this sordid history in her book The Power Worshippers: Inside...
Category : History
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw: Dr. King Understood “Critical Race Theory” Before It Had a Name
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is a professor of law at Columbia and UCLA and one of the leading figures in the field of critical race studies....
Tune in to Zoom Discussion: “Public Education in Chains: The Road to Privatization of Our Nation’s Public Schools”
Tonight, February 3 at 3 p.m. (EST), Public Funds Public Schools and the Network for Public Education are co-sponsoring a Zoom discussion between Nancy MacLean...
Stephen Sawchuk: How the CRT Debate Is Shaping State History Standards
Stephen Sawchuk wrote in Education Week about the ways that public controversy about “critical race theory” is affecting the drafting and revision of state history...
Jesse Hagopian: We Will Not Teach Lies
Jesse Hagopian is an activist teacher in the Seattle Public Schools, a leader in Black Lives Matter at School and editor of the book More...
British Secretary of Defense: Russia Should Not Invade Ukraine; Don’t Believe Their Excuses If They Do
In 2014, Russia invaded Ukraine and took control of the Crimean Peninsula, which was then absorbed into Russia. Presently, Putin has stationed at least 100,000...
No, Virginia, Abraham Lincoln Did Not Debate Frederick Douglass
Christina Cauterucci wrote in Slate about “the debate that never happened.” A bill submitted to the House of Delegates by Wren Williiams, a newly elected...
Adam Laats: History Offers Hope for Public Schools
Adam Laats is a historian of education at the State University of New York in Binghamton. He recently wrote a hopeful article in The Atlantic...
West Virginia: The Battle of Blair Mountain
Thanks to G.F. Brandenburg, who posted this very important report about The Battle of Blair Mountain, a largely forgotten milestone in the history of unionism....