These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency she runs. She’s laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door. She calls it “the final...
whole child
How Sesame Street Made Learning Irresistible
I have a vague memory of sitting on a little wooden potty chair in my grandparents’ living room. Green shag carpet beneath my feet. Positioned in front of a massive television, back when TVs looked...
activism
‘Why Fascists Fear Teachers’ Should Be Required Reading for Every Education Activist
“Wars are won by teachers.” — Vladimir Putin (quoted by Randi Weingarten) That single line could serve as the thesis for Randi Weingarten’s new book, "Why Fascists Fear Teachers." It’s less a memoir...
Teaching
The War On Truth Begins In the Classroom
We live in an age when truth no longer anchors public life. The cost is not merely confusion but captivity, the quiet surrender of our capacity to know. Language is the first casualty. What once...
equity
This Is Ground Zero in the Conservative Quest for More Patriotic and Christian Public Schools
The future that the Trump administration envisions for public schools is more patriotic, more Christian, and less “woke.” Want to know how that might play out? Look to Oklahoma. Oklahoma has spent...
Literacy
Many Young Adults Are Barely Literate, Yet Earned a High School Diploma
One in four young adults across the U.S. is functionally illiterate – yet more than half earned high school diplomas, according to recently released data. The number of 16-to 24-year-olds reading at...
