Gilder Lehrman Center Book Talk: "The Education Wars" and the Battle for Democracy

Wilbur Cross High School Auditorium (181 Mitchell Dr. New Haven, CT. 06511)
In-person only. Event will be recorded for subsequent viewing.

· Jennifer C. Berkshire (Freelance Journalist; Adjunct Faculty, Boston College Prison Education Program)

· Johann Neem (Professor, Department of History, Western Washington University)

In conversation with

· David W. Blight (Director, Gilder Lehrman Center and Sterling Professor of History, Yale University)

These speakers will discuss Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider’s new book, "The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual" (The New Press, 2024)

Books will be available for purchase at the event, courtesy of Possible Futures bookstore.
The Education Wars website: https://www.educationwarsbook.com/
Johann Neem's book webpage: https://works.bepress.com/johann_neem/
Possible Futures website: https://www.possiblefuturesbooks.com/

Sponsored by: The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition; Yale Education Studies Program; Yale Journalism Initiative; New Haven Federation of Teachers/ Local 933; and Southern Connecticut State University’s History Department