A Blueprint for Universal Childhood
Children deserve to spend their days in the company of peers, having fun, and discovering the world with the help of loving, well-compensated adults.
11 Articles by: Megan Erickson
Megan Erickson is an editor at Jacobin and the author of Class War: The Privatization of Childhood.
Red Diaper Babies
In America, school is preparation for “real” life. In the early Soviet Union, school was filled with life.
When the Excluded Organize
The domestic workers who asserted their rights in the 1970s provide a model for organizing workers today.
Are We Winning?
The Obama administration’s new rhetoric on testing shows the tide may be turning against corporate education reformers.
The Privatization of Childhood
Childhood has become a period of high-stakes preparation for life in a stratified economy.
Edutopia
Education is not a design problem with a technical solution. It’s a social and political project neoliberals want to innovate away.
The Strike That Didn’t Change New York
The Chicago teachers’ strike was a victory for workers around the country. But how do we move from homegrown resistance to a national movement that could ignite a shift in public policy?
Against “Community Care”
The Outsourced Self reviewed.
A Nation of Little Lebowski Urban Achievers
Now, instead of saying “our socioeconomic system is failing us,” an entire generation of children will learn to say, “I have failed myself.”