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

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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 

Citizen Advocates for Public Education (CAPE-Ohio) and Public Education Partners (PEP) will host a community book discussion of School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education on Tuesday, May 7 at Upper Arlington Public Library: Tremont Road Branch, 2800 Tremont Road Upper Arlington, OH 43221.

Please join us and help us increase  awareness in our community of the challenges that public education faces in our state and across the country.

Here is the tentative agenda for this event:

5:30-6:00pm – Registrants Check In

6:00-6:10pm – Introduction to School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education– Laura Pappano Beacon Press, 2024  (Jeanne Melvin, Public Education Partners)

6:10-6:50pm – Introduction of Panelists Representing Various Roles/Perspectives within Public Education

1. Stephanie Harless, Local School Board Member

2. Antoinette Miranda, State Board of Education Member, OSU Professor

3. David Stewart, School Superintendent

4. Susan Yutzey, School Librarian

Panelists will be asked to respond to the research Laura Pappano presents in School Moms regarding recent organized attacks on public education and what these challenges mean for the constituencies that the panelists represent.
(Frances Strickland, Citizen Advocates for Public Education, Moderator)

6:50-7:05pm – Audience Response: Audience members who have read School Moms are invited to give their responses to the book. (moderated by Frances Strickland)

7:05-7:30pm – Concluding Thoughts: Panelists will be asked what their hopes are for community involvement in advocating for/defending public education. (moderated by Frances Strickland and Jeanne Melvin)

Sign up here for this free event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parent-activism-and-the-battle-for-public-education-tickets-877541920507?aff=oddtdtcreator

This is an in-person event at the Upper Arlington Public Library on Tremont Road. Those who cannot attend in person may register for a ZOOM link here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrcu6qpzkpHtHDEDIy0kzyIbP4sTgZvnEG#/registration