Jesse Hagopian – The War on Education

Program Title: Jesse Hagopian – The War on Education
Description: The right-wing war on education is well-documented. The battleground extends from elementary and middle school all the way up to Harvard and Columbia. Books have been cut from curricula and pulled from school library shelves. Teachers have been fired. Schools that teach critical race theory and diversity, equity, and inclusion are being threatened with defunding. The radical right wants to control what is being taught. They want to turn the educational system into an indoctrination machine. Their goal includes plans to abolish the Department of Education. Students who peacefully protest and exercise their First Amendment rights have been, in some cases, suspended, expelled, and even denied their diplomas. Some international students have had their visas cancelled and may face deportation. Jesse Hagopian says what’s at stake is the freedom to expose injustice and to tell the truth.

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Featured Speakers/Guests: Jesse Hagopian is a Seattle-based educator who has taught in public schools for over twenty years. He is the director of the Zinn Education Project's Teaching for Black Lives Campaign. He is an editor of Rethinking Schools and the author of Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education.

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