The Midterms Brought Some Bad News for Public Education
Mother Jones illustration; Daniel A. Varela/Miami Herald/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As he delivered his landslide reelection victory speech Tuesday evening, Gov. Ron DeSantis repeated one of his favorite battle cries: “Florida is where woke goes to die.” DeSantis has made himself to…
My School District’s Trans Sports Ban Is the Blueprint for Yours
Mother Jones illustration; Samuel Metz/AP, Larry Deklinski/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Oliver Wenditz, who goes by Ollie, catches me up on the goings-on at my old school in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Though we’re separated by close to 20 years, we adore the…
The Supreme Court Is Set to Kill Affirmative Action. Just Not for Rich White Kids.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When he was eight years old, Michael Wang decided he wanted to go to Harvard. “I don’t know if it’s the Asian stereotype,” he told me, “but I saw it as an avenue to social mobility.” Though he wouldn’t…
The Right-Wing Attack on Public Education Began in One Elite Illinois High School
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One day leading up to winter break, administrators of the predominantly white New Trier Township High School in the wealthy northern Chicago suburbs announced that “Understanding Today’s Struggle for Racial Civil Rights” would be the theme for a school-wide…
New York City’s Hasidic Schools Demonstrate the Folly of State-Funded Religious Education
Mike Groll/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues his program of diverting public education funds to charter schools run by Christian conservative ideologues, New York City can offer a cautionary tale of what can go wrong with such…
Marjorie Taylor Greene Shows Up to Celebrate Vocational School She Won’t Support in Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., waves at supporters as she arrives to speak ahead of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Mary Altaffer/AP Photo Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Here’s the latest installment of Republicans showing up for photo ops…