Paul Waldman: Republicans Are Vilifying America’s Schools. When Will Democrats Fight Back?
Paul Waldman is an opinion columnist for The Washington Post. In this article, he criticizes Democrats for failing to stand up to Republican slanders and...
Category : Racism
Jitu Brown: Schools Can Fight the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Civil rights leader Jitu Brown wrote in an opinion article for The Chicago Tribune about the importance of using the schools to combat the school-to-prison...
Florida: Another DeSantis Attack on Teachers, Schools and Common Decency
Peter Greene describes his latest gambit. He is pressing for the adoption of his “Stop WOKE” act. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is doing his level...
CORRECTION! Louisiana: Homer Plessy Pardoned After 130 Years
Steve Luxenberg, an editor at The Washington Post and the author of a 2019 book on racial separation and the Plessy case, Separate: The Story...
Louisiana: Homer Plessy Pardoned After 130 Years
At the end of the 19th century, Homer Plessy was arrested for trying to ride in an all-white train car in New Orleans, thus ignoring...
New Hampshire: Teachers, Parents File Lawsuit Against “Divisive Concepts” Law
Teachers in New Hampshire, along with parents, sued the state to block a new law that bars teaching “divisive concepts.” This law is part of...
Texas: What Do Masks, Books, CRT, and Transgender Rights Have in Common?
Since this post was written in Texas by a Texan, you may have a clue about what these diverse phenomena have in common: They are...
Missouri: A List of Bills Filed by Legislators for the Next Term
A group committed to equity in schools—the Missouri Equity Education Partnership—posted a list of bills that have been filed for the 2022 session of the...
Jan Resseger Tackles the Issue of Parent Rights and Children’s Right to Learn
The issue of parent rights has emerged as part of a larger strategy to control what topics can be taught in school and which books...