public education

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  1/18/2023
  

  DeSantis Merging Fear of Lessons on Race and Sexuality with Attacks on Public Education

  by Jonathan Feingold

  Ron DeSantis's General Counsel defined "woke" as “the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.” The governor's education agenda is neatly summed up by this statement, and it's spreading nationwide. 

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• SOURCE: The Forum
  7/18/2022
  

  Stuck on the Rufo Road

  by Jennifer Berkshire

  As conservative activists mount a multi-front campaign to discredit and defund public education, too many leading Democrats seem unaware that the popularity of public education means they have a winning issue right in front of their faces, says an education historian and policy analyst. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  7/5/2022
  

  SCOTUS's Religious Decisions are Part of War on Public Education

  by Charles McCrary and Leslie Ribovich

  "The court’s conservatives do not oppose secularism so much as they oppose public things. And so, that is what we ought to defend."

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• SOURCE: Reuters
  2/15/2022
  

  Death Threats and Intimidation on the Rise Against Local School Boards

  As national conservative groups have mobilized voters and resources around the idea that schools are under seige by radical leftist indoctrination, some school board members have experienced death threats and other serious harassment. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/8/2020
  

  What Public Education Advocates Want to See in Biden’s Pick to Succeed Betsy Devos

  Education historian Diane Ravitch and education policy advocate Carol Burris write for Valerie Straus's education column and recommend rejecting the failed experiment applying market values to public schools through "choice," charter schools, and high-stakes testing.

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• SOURCE: U.S. News
  5/3/19
  

  ABCs of LGBTQ History Mandated for More U.S. Public Schools

  On Thursday, Colorado lawmakers voted to mandate LGBTQ curriculum for K-12 public school students. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-31-17
  

  What the ‘Government Schools’ Critics Really Mean

  by Katherine Stewart

  In certain conservative circles, the phrase “government schools” has become as ubiquitous as it is contemptuous.

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• 6-4-17
  

  Betsy DeVos Is Making the Same Argument Critics of Public Education Have Been Making for a Century

  by David B. Parker

  The argument? We can do away with “frills” like music classes.

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• Corporate Welfare or Education?

  by Lawrence S. Wittner

  Credit: Wiki Commons.“Who needs the Cayman Islands?” That’s how a May 22 New York Times article began as it described “Tax-Free NY,” a plan zealously promoted by New York State’s Democratic Governor, Andrew Cuomo.