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America has relied on public schools for 150 years, but the system is increasingly under attack. With declining enrollment and diminished trust in public education, policies that steer tax dollars into private schools have grown rapidly. To understand how we got here, The Death of Public School argues, we must look back at the turbulent history of school choice.    

Cara Fitzpatrick uncovers the long journey of school choice, a story full of fascinating people and strange political alliances. She shows how school choice evolved from a segregationist tool in the South in the 1950s, to a policy embraced by advocates for educational equity in the North, to a conservative strategy for securing government funds for private schools in the twenty-first century. As a result, education is poised to become a private commodity rather than a universal good.   

The Death of Public School presents the compelling history of the fiercest battle in the history of American education—one that already has changed the future of public schooling. 

Join the ¹ú²úÊÓƵ Fellows Program and the Education Policy Program for a conversation with Cara Fitzpatrick and 2016 Fellow Robin V. Harris for a conversation about The Death of Public School.

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Speakers:

Cara Fitzpatrick,
2019 New Arizona Fellow, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ
Author, The Death of Public Schools: How Conservatives Won the War Over Education in America 

Robin V. Harris,
2016 National Fellow, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ 

Introduction:

Elena Silva,
Senior director of PreK–12 Education, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ

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