Recently Published: The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual by Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire

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College of Education Professor Jack Schneider and co-author journalist Jennifer C. Berkshire’s recently published book, The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual, is a hard-hitting call to action. 

The book explores ever-important questions about the “culture war” limiting the bounds of what can be taught in American public schools, asking and answering what is behind the extremist movement threatening the foundation of public education and how Americans can begin to fight back. 

The work analyzes the rise in book-banning efforts as they relate to a recent obsession with race and gender in schools and offers a discussion of school vouchers, the movement for “parents’ rights,” and the pursuit of “religious freedom.” Schneider and Berkshire outline what is at stake and chart a road forward to ensuring the survival of public education. 

Find more information about the authors and order the book online. Check out Schnieder and Berkshire’s podcast episode bringing the book alive.