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The Struggle for Democracy and the Future of Public Education

“The stakes are the future of our democracy. The well-being of all of our communities and the future of our democracy are so deeply intertwined that improving public education benefits, quite frankly, all of us,” said Ngounou. “What we’ve seen happening in more conservative states like Florida and Texas serves as a playbook, a guidebook, as a pathway forward for people who are really afraid of a plural, diverse democracy, and that’s what the country has become.”