Across the country, education is under attack. Politicians and power brokers are rewriting what can be taught, defunding public schools, banning books, gagging teachers, and turning classrooms into battlegrounds for culture wars.
Follow the War on Education is your guide to understanding what’s happening, who’s behind it, and how it impacts students, educators, and communities. Here you’ll find out more about the laws, policies, and tactics that are reshaping schools. You’ll also find out what you can do about it.
This isn’t just about schools. It’s about truth, justice, and the future we’re building together.
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Dangerous Books for Dangerous Times
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to…
“The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.”
— Abraham Lincoln
Possible Future Topics
Hearts and Minds Under Fire
Explore how students and educators are grappling with the emotional fallout of censorship, political battles, and underfunded schools. This is where we uncover the hidden cost of turning classrooms into battlegrounds.
Silencing the Teachers
Explore how gag orders, loyalty pledges, and surveillance laws are turning classrooms into hostile spaces where truth is silenced and fear rules. This page reveals how these tactics are forcing teachers to choose between honesty and job security, and how students are caught in the fallout.
Starving Public Schools
See how the defunding and privatization of public education are hollowing out schools, stripping away resources, and leaving students and teachers to bear the cost. This page uncovers the policies and power plays draining the lifeblood from our classrooms.
The Fight for Honest History
Discover how teaching honest history is being recast as a dangerous act in today’s political climate. This page examines the laws, bans, and smear campaigns designed to erase hard truths about the past, and what that means for students, teachers, and our future.
When Schools Become a Frontline
Hear the voices of students, teachers, and school staff living through the fallout of today’s political crusades. This page shares real stories from classrooms on the frontlines, where education, identity, and basic rights are under siege.
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