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Articles by Jonathan Zimmerman
The Exceptionally Important Role of American Schools
Near the end of her terrific new book, Agustina Paglayan notes that Donald Trump responded to the 2020 Black Lives Matter demonstrations by convening a “1776 Commission” to promote “patriotic education.” Republican state legislators took up his call, passing measures that barred instruction about racism and other “divisive concepts.” To Paglayan, a political scientist, these actions reflect a broader trend: whenever elites are threatened by mass protest, they turn to public education to shore...
School, European Style
Educational Pluralism and Democracy Harvard Education Press, 2024, $35; 224 pages. As reviewed by Jonathan Zimmerman Once upon a time, schools in America were plural in structure. Taxpayers funded Protestant, Catholic, and nonsectarian schools. Then along came the Big Bad Public School, which stamped out this glorious diversity. Fueled by waves of anti-Catholic nativism, educators like Horace Mann imposed a “unitary” system that restricted tax dollars to state-sponsored schools.
School, European Style
Educational Pluralism and Democracy by Ashley Rogers Berner Harvard Education Press, 2024, $35; 224 pages. As reviewed by Jonathan Zimmerman Once upon a time, schools in America were plural in structure. Taxpayers funded Protestant, Catholic, and nonsectarian schools. Then along came the Big Bad Public School, which stamped out this glorious diversity.
A Critical Time for Critical Thought
The Student: A Short History by Michael Roth Yale University Press, 2023, $26 (cloth); 216 pages. As reviewed by Jonathan Zimmerman Every year, at convocation, my university’s president tells the incoming freshmen that they can be anything they choose. But somehow, four years later, a huge fraction of them choose to enter one of three fields: tech, banking, or management consulting. As I often tell my students, there’s nothing wrong with working in these professions.
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