School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Schools

"Public schools matter to our democracy and to our future. And they are under attack from people who don’t really know or care very much about what schools do or how they work.”

Join award-winning journalist and author Laura Pappano for a discussion of her new book, School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Schools.

Drawing upon archival research as well as on the ground reporting, Laura will share key findings regarding the increase in attacks on public schools, from book challenges to harassment of educators, and how parents across the country are fighting back.

Copies of School Moms will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of The Last Word bookstore.

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About the Author

Laura Pappano is an award-winning journalist and author who has written about K-12 and higher education for over 30 years. A former education columnist for The Boston Globe, Pappano has written about education for The New York Times, The Hechinger Report, Harvard Education Letter, The Washington Post, USA Today, The Christian Science Monitor, among other publications. She is the author or co-author of three books, The Connection Gap: Why Americans Feel So Alone, Playing with the Boys: Why Separate is Not Equal in Sports, and Inside School Turnarounds.

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