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COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past?

The Hechinger Report

This is evident in recent campaigns to ban books that mention homosexuality, race or gender, along with today’s disputes over how much control parents should have over what children are being taught in public schools across the country. We need to be very careful about what kind of materials are being provided to your children.”

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Column: As Betsy DeVos steps down, critics hope it is time to put the public back in public education

The Hechinger Report

“Betsy DeVos has been a total disaster for students’ civil rights for four years as Education Secretary and gets no credit now for resigning 13 days before inauguration,” The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights , the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights coalition, said in a tweet.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

The median income is about $33,000 and almost a quarter of the population is considered to be living in poverty, a poverty that is concentrated in households sending children to the county’s public schools, where the vast majority of students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch. Some in town think schools should use it more often.

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COLUMN: Endangered public schools need federal leadership more than ever

The Hechinger Report

With coronavirus cases soaring and schools facing teacher and technology shortages, DeVos has spent the last few months urging public schools to open, under threat of losing federal money, while at the same time calling for immediate relief for private schools. It’s not that parents don’t want options.

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At Moms for Liberty’s national summit, a singular focus on anti-trans issues

The Hechinger Report

over Labor Day weekend, a sign shows the group’s concern about the culture of American public schools. At the first Moms for Liberty summit, in Tampa in 2022, attendees were invited to a well-choreographed unveiling of the dangers facing children in public school — and an urgent call to get involved. Think of it.

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