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Amid Clampdown on DEI, Some on Campuses Push Back
“Let’s not get tricked Into being quiet,” a college president says about attacks on what can be taught.
The Hechinger Report, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, USA Today
May 2, 2024
‘School Moms’ Fight Back Against Book Bans: Laura Pappano Talks to Mom-Activist Kate Nazemi
Kate Nazemi, co-founder of Advocates for Inclusive Education talks about success in Central Bucks School Board races — and why they’re not done. Plus advice for grassroots parent groups fighting for public education.
Mutha Magazine
April 12, 2024
The Page 99 Test: Laura Pappano’s School Moms
"Open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." --Ford Madox Ford
The Page 99 Test
January 29, 2024
The Heroes Fighting For Public Education
In the face of far-right extremist groups like Moms for Liberty, “school moms” have become the frontline defenders of education for all.
YES! Magazine
January 23, 2024
The magic pebble and a lazy bull: The book ban movement has a long timeline
Adapted excerpt from School Moms.
The Hechinger Report
January 15, 2024
Idaho’s School Board Battles Against the Far Right
(Mostly) Republican moms fight to reclaim their Idaho school district from the far right.
Vanity Fair | The Hechinger Report
December 11, 2023
Who picks school curriculum? Idaho law hands more power to parents
What are the consequences when the state legislature passes "parental rights" laws to control what happens in the classroom?
The Guardian | The Hechinger Report
August 14, 2023
Inside the Weekend’s Gathering of America’s Most Unhinged Right-Wing Moms
When is talk about schools not about education? When you’re at the Moms for Liberty National Summit.
Slate | The Hechinger Report
July 5, 2023
Florida Just Expanded School Vouchers — Again. Here’s What it Could Mean for Public Education.
Vouchers and “school choice” sound good. But it’s more complicated. What is the impact on public schools, which 90 percent of children in America attend?
The Hechinger Report | USA Today
April 24, 2023
College Students to Administrators: Let’s Talk About Mental Health
Covid has cracked open a conversation students are desperate to have.
The Hechinger Report
March 3, 2022
More Students Question College, Putting Counselors in a Quandary
Is it time to re-think what “success” looks like and how to help students achieve it?
The Hechinger Report | USA Today
January 3, 2022
For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough
States and colleges are pressing to get more adults to complete degrees, but many programs are not structured to serve them.
The Hechinger Report | USA Today
August 5, 2021
‘Right now is not my time’: How Covid dimmed college prospects for students who need help most
A perfect storm of remote school and complexity of applying to college leaves low-income and first generation students short on help
The Hechinger Report
March 4, 2021
How to Raise Rural Enrollment in Higher Education? Go Local.
Given the rural-nonrural divide in America, this may be the most important college access program you’ve never heard of.
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
December 13, 2020
A Regional Public University’s Identity Crisis
The coronavirus pandemic has hastened a reckoning for non-flagship public campuses in Ohio and across the Midwest: Who should they serve?
NBC News | The Hechinger Report
August 19, 2020
With dorms shut and classes online, college students DIY campus life
Students create quarantine campuses because college is more than classes.
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
May 18, 2020
What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?
Language course enrollments are plummeting. Is teaching foreign language sections of English courses an answer?
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
November 19, 2019
Forget the Shouting and Demonizing: College Students Organize Civil Discussions
Kids on campus are doing what adults can’t seem to: Talk politics, nicely. With both sides at the table.
The Hechinger Report | The Washington Post
April 5, 2019