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Jon Hale

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60 Years Later, Freedom Schools Are Still Radical—and Necessary

The Freedom Schools curriculums developed in 1964 remain urgently needed, especially in our era of book bans and backlash.

by Jon Hale via Made By History on July 8, 2024
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Organized Teachers Dreamed Up Charter Schools — But Their Vision Got Hijacked

Finally embracing teachers' original vision could help us rethink education after covid.

by Jon Hale via Made By History on August 25, 2021
The Problem in the Classroom

Any true reckoning with racism must include our schools.

by Jon Hale via The American Scholar on July 30, 2020
The Supreme Court Decision That Kept Suburban Schools Segregated

A 1974 Supreme Court decision found that school segregation was allowable if it wasn’t being done on purpose.

by Jon Hale via The Conversation on July 24, 2019

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A stand from 1925, selling William Jennings Bryan's books, featuring a sign reading "Anti-Evolution League: The Conflict, Hell and The High School"

Why the School Wars Still Rage

From evolution to anti-racism, parents and progressives have clashed for a century over who gets to tell our origin stories.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on March 10, 2022

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