School Moms
Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education
$51.58
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
5 March 2024
Summary
An investigative study of the far-right’s attack on education and an on-the-ground look at the parent activist battle, on either side of the debate, to control the future of public schools.
For well over a century, public schools have been a non-partisan gathering place and vital center of civic life in America—but something has changed. In School Moms, journalist Laura Pappano explores the on-the-ground story of how public schools across the country have become ground zero i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780807012666 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0807012661 |
| Author: | Laura Pappano |
| Publisher: | Beacon Press |
| Imprint: | Beacon Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 5 March 2024 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This is a serious piece of reporting. For public and academic libraries, this is a capsulized view of a hot topic.”
—Booklist
“School Moms reveals the real monster under the bed. Through stories of the distracting scuffles in the fight for public schools today, Laura Pappano illuminates who is at war and what is truly at stake in the immediate and dire struggle for the survival of public schools as a bedrock of democratic society. These stories point to the politicization of a public good at the expense of children. It is a rallying call to those of us who care about the well-being of our youngest citizens.”
—Peg Oliveira, PhD, director, Gesell Program in Early Childhood, Yale Child Study Center
“Pappano strips away the mask of right-wing ‘parents’ and ‘moms’ cabals to reveal their political strategy: a fear-driven assault on public schools. But she presents hope too—in teachers, principals, librarians, and, yes, caring moms and parents who fight for their communities.”
—Maurice T. Cunningham, author of Dark Money and the Politics of School Privatization
“America’s public schools find themselves in the crosshairs of a calculated campaign, driven by dark-money donors and relying on lies to incite fear, anger, cruelty, and intimidation. What do the attackers seek to achieve? To grasp the vast stakes of this siege, read School Moms. And take a stand with our embattled school boards, teachers, and librarians before it is too late.”
—Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
About The Author
Laura Pappano
Laura Pappano is an award-winning journalist and author who has written about K-12 and higher education for over 30 years. A former education columnist for the Boston Globe, Pappano has written about education for the New York Times, Hechinger Report, Harvard Education Letter, Washington Post, USA Today, and Christian Science Monitor, among other publications. She is the author or co-author of 3 books: The Connection Gap: Why Americans Feel So Alone, Playing with the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports, and Inside School Turnarounds.
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