Showing posts with label facism. Show all posts
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Saturday, April 8, 2023

Fascism’s History Offers Lessons about Today’s Attacks on Education


Public education has long been a battlefield in the U.S., from the Scopes trial to desegregation to climate change. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s recent demands for greater control over public education—and students’ bodies—in the guise of “parent’s rights” accelerates this conflict, rejecting the importance of learning as a public good in itself in favor of promoting conformity and uncritical thinking.....MORE