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PoliticsMarch 16, 2023
Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?
Rolling back restrictions on child labor and dismantling public education will make the country far more unequal. For today’s GOP, that’s a feature, not a bug.
Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
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ClassFebruary 13, 2023
Robbing From the Poor to Educate the Rich
The bait of school vouchers—and the switch to strangling public education.
Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire
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DemocratsOctober 28, 2022
Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature
What’s their secret sauce? Support for public education.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Public SchoolsSeptember 20, 2022
It Isn’t Populist to Defund Rural Schools
The Republican Party has won rural America by fanning the flames of the culture war. But by taking a match to public schools, it may have finally gone too far.
Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider
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EducationMarch 15, 2022
How Progressives Won the School Culture War—in New Hampshire!
An upset victory last week in a red state suggests that the Republican Party’s game plan for attacking public education may not be a winning strategy.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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EducationFebruary 21, 2022
Why Teachers Are Dropping Out
Covid and the culture wars have turned an exodus of teachers into an emergency.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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State and Local ElectionsNovember 8, 2021
“Corporate Democrat Goes Down to Defeat in Virginia”…
…is a headline you didn’t see last week. But it contains more truth than all the scare-mongering over critical race theory.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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EducationOctober 28, 2021
The GOP’s Grievance Industrial Complex Invades the Classroom
When parents become a posse of vigilantes, outrage is in the saddle instead of teaching or learning.
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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EducationSeptember 14, 2021
How Republicans Turned “School Choice” Into a Losing Issue
After 18 months of Covid disruption, support for vouchers and even charter schools has plummeted—even in the home of “Live Free or Die.”
Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Public SchoolsJune 22, 2021
Culture War in the K-12 Classroom
The Trump-era GOP’s insatiable appetite for red-meat issues has led to a wholesale attack on public education.
Jennifer C. Berkshire