Nancy Flanagan 🎼

“What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child, that must the community want for all of its children. Any other idea for our schools is narrow and unlovely; acted upon, it destroys our democracy.” John Dewey

Tradition began in Detroit in 1980, when activists started the Black Reading Month Committee. They promoted the celebration w/ book fairs, forums & other events. In 1985, the "Turn Off the TV" campaign became a key part of the movement. michiganadvance.com/briefs/septe...

This vision--go hard at teacher unions, double down on school accountability & vouchers--is inherently contradictory, a loser w/ voters. There may be no single less appealing sales pitch than ‘we’re going to close your school.’ Just ask former Chicago mayor Emmanuel dianeravitch.net/2025/09/02/j...

If public ed is to survive, Democrats will have to come up w/ explanation for why we have public schools that goes beyond bloodless workforce prep. They would do well to revisit the left-wing scholars of an earlier era for whom education was a terrain of possibility. thebaffler.com/outbursts/un...

Congress is filled with Republican lawmakers who are too dim-witted, ignorant, and spineless to cross Donald Trump. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

“Safety is not adjacent to the educational mission. Safety is, in fact, its precondition.” This, a thousand times this. Safety is a prerequisite for learning. substack.com/redirect/df1...

Let me remind you that this is the president of the United States mouthing this bigoted, racist, nationalistic filth. robertreich.substack.com/p/trumps-and... by

Texas Pediatricians Face Investigations for Vaccinating Children. Thanks, Ken Paxton. You suck.

Rogers 2.0 stands by Trump, and until about 5 minutes ago he stood by Trump’s tariffs too—rationalizing them as “necessary” bc “the Canadians have not been good partners.” His flip-flop drew instant attention from local outlets, including the Freep & Detroit News. www.thebulwark.com/p/republican...

Made me rethink one of Trump’s blahblah statements, moving it from just more Trumpian crapola, to dangerous rhetoric www.jackhopkinsnow.com/p/the-most-d...

At the 2020 Republican National Convention, Guilfoyle got to live out every ex-wife’s dream, delivering an entire speech crapping on her ex-husband. She sounded a bit like Mussolini if his face couldn’t move or show any expression. www.patreon.com/LyzLenz/post...