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...

Great way to wake up: 'The Explosive Diarrhea Outbreak Is About to Get Much Bigger' www.wired.com/story/explos...

When Donald Trump acts as a lawless sovereign, or when institutions of state violence tread heavily on the left, the modern conservative does not see a failure of American values. They see a natural order restored. (Ben Wheeler)

This. This, exactly.

To some of Platner’s most influential backers his swaggering, reckless and casually brutish masculinity was understood not as a liability, but as a virtue. #MadeMeThink www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Romeo teacher who spoke to Chalkbeat on the condition of anonymity due to fears about losing their job, said the board is unsettled by “the depiction of your multicultural learner, your LGBTQ students; they’re still not okay with, and that’s a problem.” www.chalkbeat.org/2026/07/08/s...