The Militarization and Weaponization of Media Literacy
NATO Invades the Classroom.
Why History Threatens Fascist Movements (w/ Jason Stanley)
Yale professor Jason Stanley explains why the censorship of history is crucial to the functioning of authoritarian states.
This Charter School Superintendent Makes $870,000. He Leads a District With 1,000 Students
On paper, Salvador Cavazos earns less than $300,000 to run Valere Public Schools, a small Texas charter network. But taxpayers likely aren’t aware that in reality, his total pay makes…
We Want to Build Communities of Readers, Not Turn Readers into Commodities
Literacy gives us the power to build a collective life – it allows us to see our history with clarity, be critical of our present, and demand the impossible of…
Jim Mamer: Teaching Without Fear
Anyone teaching American history should become familiar with what is in this new executive order because it is directly aimed at what they teach.
Congress Revives Cold War Tactics With New Anti-Communism School Curriculum
Although sponsored by Republicans, the new Crucial Communism Teaching Act bill enjoys widespread support from Democrats. Focused on China, Venezuela, Cuba and other targets of US empire, critics warn it…
Christian Nationalism Marches on With ‘Bible-Infused’ Texas Curriculum
"What we're seeing here in Texas with these lessons is a larger national push to promote the idea that American identity and Christian identity are woven together, are one in…
Universities in Dark Times: Beyond the Plague of Neoliberal Fascism
Neoliberal ideology, marked by the irrational belief in the ability of markets to solve all problems, has deeply infiltrated public life, depoliticized critical issues and shifted education’s focus to workforce…
Everything Your Kids Won’t Learn in School About Our Democracy: Can Parents Fill the Void?
Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Amazon / YouTube / Rumble At a time of book bans and the withholding of critically important struggles in our history, our…
Journalism Professor’s Suspension Shows the Hypocrisy of ‘Objectivity’
Steven Thrasher’s suspension from teaching journalism at Northwestern shows “the Palestine exception” at work.
How Does Israel Justify Genocide? It Starts in the Schools
Palestinian history and geography were scrubbed from Israeli schoolbooks a decade ago, scholar Nurit Peled-Elhanan says.
Shady Loan Deals With JPMorgan Chase Put Chicago Schools in a Financial Vice
Big banks like Chase have repeatedly targeted communities, taxpayers, and even our schools with predatory debt. It's time to fight back.
‘My Dream is for the War to End’: Inside Gaza’s Last Schools
Israel’s systematic destruction of Palestinian schools and universities has not deterred teachers from teaching, or students from seeking an education.
Israel Has Damaged or Destroyed 85 Percent of Schools in Gaza
Israel’s siege of Gaza “is destroying the present and the future of Palestinian children,” UNRWA said.