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September 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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September 9, 2022
The Supreme Court’s Long History of Conservatism
From the beginning, the Supreme Court was conceived as a bulwark against excessive democracy, as indeed was the Constitution itself.
Steve Fraser
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September 6, 2022
In Choosing a Teacher for His Running Mate, Charlie Crist Walks the Walk
And that’s a smart political move in a state where Ron DeSantis’s teacher-bashing needs to be called out.
John Nichols
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July 1, 2022
Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence
We’ll soon graduate a generation of young people who may have trouble reading and writing and adding but will be experts at ducking and covering.
William Astore
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June 28, 2022
We Need Less Harvard, Not More
Expanding enrollment at Ivy League institutions won’t solve inequality or fix our broken education system.
John Monkovic
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June 14, 2022
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June 2, 2022
How We Brought Ethnic Studies to My High School
Students of color shouldn’t have to wait until college to learn about their histories.
Mara Cavallaro
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April 29, 2022
Our Floundering Public School System Is Failing Teachers
Wherever you want to lay the blame, the solution isn’t hard to find—it’s just expensive.
Frida Berrigan
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March 25, 2022
What I Learned About Standardized Testing
My peers and I spent years studying for the Standardized High School Admissions Test in NYC. Should that change?
Merry Li
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March 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