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A Michigan Legislator Shows How to Shred GOP’s Hateful Politics

A Michigan Legislator Shows How to Shred GOP’s Hateful Politics A Michigan Legislator Shows How to Shred GOP’s Hateful Politics

Mallory McMorrow’s address is one that Democrats would do well to study as they prepare for the 2022 midterm elections.

Apr 22, 2022 / John Nichols

The El Cerrito High School entrance on March 10.

Military Personnel Searched Students at a California High School Military Personnel Searched Students at a California High School

Black students reportedly told their parents when they went home that day that they were singled out for particularly intrusive searches and interrogations.

Apr 1, 2022 / Left Coast / Sasha Abramsky

Students Standardized Testing

What I Learned About Standardized Testing 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?

Mar 25, 2022 / StudentNation / Merry Li

A crowd of people gather along a dance, holding posters.

How Progressives Won the School Culture War—in New Hampshire! 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.

Mar 15, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire

Minnesota teachers strike

Minneapolis Educators Strike for the Common Good Minneapolis Educators Strike for the Common Good

With public schools in limbo nationwide, the stakes couldn't be higher.

Mar 8, 2022 / Eric Blanc

Why Teachers Are Dropping Out

Why Teachers Are Dropping Out Why Teachers Are Dropping Out

Covid and the culture wars have turned an exodus of teachers into an emergency.

Feb 21, 2022 / Feature / Jennifer C. Berkshire

I Helped Publish “Maus.” Never Once Have I Regretted It.

I Helped Publish “Maus.” Never Once Have I Regretted It. I Helped Publish “Maus.” Never Once Have I Regretted It.

If you truly want a teenager to read any book with gusto, the first thing you need to do is, of course, ban it.

Feb 21, 2022 / Tom Engelhardt

To Fight Attacks on “Critical Race Theory,” Look to Black History

To Fight Attacks on “Critical Race Theory,” Look to Black History To Fight Attacks on “Critical Race Theory,” Look to Black History

There is a long tradition of Black educators fighting attempts to keep America’s true history out of the classroom—one we can all learn from.

Feb 18, 2022 / Keisha N. Blain

High school students arriving at school

“Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point “Return to Normal” Has Pushed Schools to a Crisis Point

How do you run a school without enough staff?

Feb 15, 2022 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler

Book Bans Are on the Rise. But Librarians and Authors Are Fighting Back.

Book Bans Are on the Rise. But Librarians and Authors Are Fighting Back. Book Bans Are on the Rise. But Librarians and Authors Are Fighting Back.

In the past few decades in the US, book banning has taken on a decidedly more genteel character.

Feb 8, 2022 / no-paywall / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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