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Stan Karp
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educator, editor, Rethinking Schools
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Backlash Politics and the Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education
In March, Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education (USED).  Thousands of employees were fired without notice and billions of dollars in grants and research ...
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August 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Summer issue of Rethinking Schools
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August 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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I will be hyping this book pretty much constantly for the next couple of months. It is beautiful and necessary — now, tomorrow, & in the months and years ahead.
Teaching Palestine: Lessons, Stories, Voices "If the old adage, 'the world is classroom,' is true, then every educator on the planet needs this book. A carefully curated collection of essays, poetry, stories, art, photographs, documents, maps, and lesson plans, this is a text that can correct lies, open minds, and possibly save lives. Any book that can do that is worth fighting for." -Robin D.G. Kelley Distinguished Professor and Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in U.S. History, UCLA; author of Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination
February 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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I spoke on @democracynow.org about Trump’s plan to abolish the department of education, his plan to criminalize honest education, and my book, “Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education.”

Order “Teach Truth” here: www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2442-t...
February 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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New issue of Rethinking Schools

Finding Hope in Hard Times
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Volume 39, No. 2
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January 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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This is insane....from Judd Legum at Popular Information.... popular.info/p/ohio-teach...
Ohio teacher suspended for including four books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library
Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years.
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December 12, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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Rethinking Schools is now on bluesky at @rethinkingschools.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 8:46 PM
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Useful discussion of what ed policy may look like under Trump 2.
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December 5, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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jenniferberkshire.bsky.social Jennifer Berkshire @jenniferberkshire.bsky.social · Nov 14
Why it's going to be so hard for Trump II to abolish the Department of Education in a single chart. There's a reason why none of the states that pledged to stop accepting federal funding followed through. Deep cuts to local schools is not a popular platform
November 25, 2024 at 1:18 PM
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Governor Murphy: Here's a promise you can still keep.

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November 16, 2023 at 9:40 PM
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New Issue of Rethinking Schools

Asian Americans and Education Justice rethinkingschools.org/issue/volume...
October 5, 2023 at 3:43 PM
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50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt
The Shaky Foundations of U.S. School Funding
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50 Years Older and Deeper in Debt
Karp describes the origins of the unjust U.S. patchwork system of funding schools and envisions funding justice.
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October 5, 2023 at 3:39 PM