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A Brief History of Efforts to End the Department of Education
But the idea of eliminating the Department of Education—and any federal control over education—is even older than that. The ...
Oklahoma Proposes Teaching 2020 Election ‘Discrepancies’ in U.S. History
The Oklahoma Board of Education recently approved a new, more conservative social studies agenda that has irked even some ...
The Nation on MSN10d
How Do We Combat the Racist History of Public Education?
A conversation with Eve L. Ewing about the schoolhouse’s role in enforcing racial hierarchy and her book Original Sins.
The Atlantic25d
The Dark History Behind Public Education
Demsas: I want to situate us in the history of the rise of state-led primary education. Before reading your book, I think I hadn’t really taken in the short timeline that we’re talking about ...
The Breakdown: The history and role of the U.S. Department of Education
The United States Department of Education was officially created by Congress during the Carter Administration.