2026 starting strong! School Finance Regime Workshop organized by the best of the best @schooldaves.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social at @univ-amu.fr

Next Monday at 2pm I’ll be at the Ecole Des Haute Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris to talk about US school finance, with the great @esthercyna.bsky.social enseignements.ehess.fr/2025-2026/ue...

I'm putting together the latest edition of the @aeradivf-history.bsky.social newsletter. If you have any calls that might be of interest to #histed #edhist scholars or if you have published a book in the past year, then please DM me with the call or the citation. cc: @aeraedresearch.bsky.social

Capitalisme et éducation - Programme 2026 - Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines

La 1e séance du séminaire "Capitalisme et éducation" - coorganisé par @esthercyna.bsky.social (CHCSC), M. Ménard (CNAM, UPEC) et N. Nafaa (TELEMMe) avec le soutien de l'OI SCult de l'UP-Saclay - aura lieu le 07/01. Retrouvez toutes les infos et le programme ici : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/capitalisme-...

2026 – Séance 1 – 07.01 – Financement de l’éducation publique aux Etats-Unis Le séminaire Capitalisme & Education reprend le 7 janvier 2026 avec une présentation de l’ouvrage de David I. Backer, As Public as possible, Radical Finance for America’s Public School, 2025, The New ...

If anyone’s gonna be in Provence next month I’m doing a seminar on my book there as part of a grant to study international comparative school finance. edcapitalism.hypotheses.org/729

As Public As Possible: Radical Finance for America's Public Schools | David Backer Education expert David I. Backer argues for radically expanding the "public" in public schools. Discover a concrete set of policies to provide a truly public education for all, regardless of wealth an...

my book is officially out! you can get it here! www.aspublicaspossiblebook.com

In *As Public as Possible*, Backer argues for going on the offensive by radically expanding the very notion of the “public” in our public schools.

moneyontheleft.org/2025/12/01/r...

J-1 ! Demain commence notre colloque "21st Century US: A Historical Assessment" à l'Université Paris Cité. L'entrée est libre et gratuite. Vous trouverez les informations et le programme en illustration ainsi qu'ici : shorturl.at/aZp9K
cc @tamaraboussac.bsky.social @esthercyna.bsky.social

🔈Join us for "21st-Century US: A Historical Assessment" U Paris Cité, Nov 20&21! Organized by @tamaraboussac.bsky.social @hbouvard.bsky.social & Anne Légier, supported by @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @institutdesameriques.fr @mondesamericains.ehess.fr @parissaclay.bsky.social

💬 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗲 "𝗟𝗲𝘀 𝗘́𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀-𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘂 𝗫𝗫𝗜𝗲̀𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲̀𝗰𝗹𝗲 : 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘂𝗿 𝘂𝗻 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗲̀𝗰𝗹𝗲"
@ehess.fr @uvsq.bsky.social @upcite.bsky.social 

📅 Les 20 et 21 novembre 2025

👉 Pour plus d’informations : www.institutdesameriques.fr/agenda/les-etats-unis-au...

The ink is still wet: Cody R. Melcher, @esthercyna.bsky.social & @maheo.bsky.social (eds): Class, Race, and the US South. American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work
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Preface Donna Kesselman

Not going to age myself by saying how long I’ve been following @m-r-glass.bsky.social’s work, but I will say it’s a necessary and mind-blowing read. It answers so many questions about real estate, race, debt and injustice in US suburbs—and most importantly, it asks the right ones. Get it &teach it ⤵️

Today is the official publication day for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS!! 🏠🥳🎉
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...

🔈 10 octobre: "Discrimination & éducation. Regards croisés États-Unis/France" UVSQ @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social avec le soutien de la Graduate School Education Formation Enseignement @parissaclay.bsky.social
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...

Full program: echelles.u-pariscite.fr/manifestatio...

🔈Join us for "21st-Century US: A Historical Assessment" U Paris Cité, Nov 20&21! Organized by @tamaraboussac.bsky.social @hbouvard.bsky.social & Anne Légier, supported by @echelles-umr8264.bsky.social @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @institutdesameriques.fr @mondesamericains.ehess.fr @parissaclay.bsky.social

Critical Education Theory and School Financing. Interview with David I. Backer Suggestions for you

@esthercyna.bsky.social and Nora Nafaa interviewed me about critical theory and school finance, which was written up and published in Politique Americanne recently shs.cairn.info/revue-politi...

Author Talk: Michael Glass on Debt and Inequality in Suburban America Registration required Advance registration is required to attend this program. Registration is free. Join Boston College historian Michael Glass for a conversation about his new book, Cracked Founda...

Next month is the book launch event for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS (@pennpress.bsky.social) at the @bpl.boston.gov, where I'll be in conversation with the inimitable Lizabeth Cohen. Hope to see many Boston folks there!
Registration here: www.leventhalmap.org/event/author...

Affiche du colloque Classe Race & Espace, 2023

New book is coming, with @esthercyna.bsky.social (UVSQ) & Cody R Melcher (Loyola, New Orleans),
Class, Race, and the US South, American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work, Nov. 2025, Historical Materialism Book Series @degruyterbrill.bsky.social

🔈 10 octobre: "Discrimination & éducation. Regards croisés États-Unis/France" UVSQ @chcscuvsq.bsky.social @telemme.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social avec le soutien de la Graduate School Education Formation Enseignement @parissaclay.bsky.social
@uvsq.bsky.social ⤵️ drive.google.com/file/d/1Mjiz...

This chapter examines varying kinds of interaction between education policy and history to argue that U.S. education policy has long been influenced by false and distorting views of the past. This is true across many areas of education policymaking, but we argue that it is most visible— and perhaps has been most powerful—in policymaking about the education of Black students. U. S. education policy has often been built on ideas of African American lives and communities, and

of the nation as a whole, that minimize Black educational striving and accomplishment and trade on pathologizing views of Black families in the past and present. These narratives often ignore the multiple policy mechanisms that help create, undergird, and sustain educational inequality that harms Black students and poor students and their families while allowing resource hoarding by White and wealthier families. It does not have to be this way. Education policy can turn to more factually sound interpretations of the past. We show that recent work in African American educational history and the history of racism in U.S. education can provide an accurate base for, and help inform and shape, current policymaking

Education policy people, this fight over what counts as the nation's history is not just about historians.

With great co-authors (Leana Cabral, @esthercyna.bsky.social, Michael Hines, @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social) I got to write and think about how ideas about the past shape ed policy.

Timely!

Eroding Integration: 21st Century Segregation Trends in U.S. Public and Charter Schools and Implications for the Enduring Promise of Brown - Erica Frankenberg, Caprial Farrington, Elizabeth H. DeBray,... Drawing on Boddie’s adaptive discrimination framework, this article analyzes changes in demographic trends from 2002–2021. Our findings reveal a continuation of...

On this day before the 71st anniversary of the Brown v Board of Education decision that declared school segregation inherently unequal, sharing a new publication written for the 70th anniversary examining why integration is eroding (open access): 🧵
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Vidéos du colloque

📽️ Retrouvez toutes les vidéos du colloque "Religion et immigration en Amérique du Nord : perspective ascendante", qui s'est tenu les 20 et 21 mars derniers, ici : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/videos-du-co...

Questionner le genre : pratiques, représentations et savoirs - Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines

La journée d'étude doctorale CHCSC / DYPAC - organisée avec le soutien de la GS HSP Paris-Saclay - intitulée "Questionner le genre : pratiques, représentations et savoirs" aura lieu le 15 mai 2025 à l'UVSQ. Retrouvez toutes les infos et le programme de la JE ici : www.chcsc.uvsq.fr/questionner-...

Fractures éducatives aux États-Unis - Découvrez l’ouvrage Fractures éducatives aux États-Unis - aux Editions L’Harmattan

Hot off the presses 🚨 J'ai eu le plaisir de coordonner le dernier numéro de Politique Américaine avec @noranafaa.bsky.social ! Vous y trouverez des articles d'Olivier Berton, Nicole Chickering, Sarah Harakat, @marieadmenard.bsky.social et Favian Mostura ➡️ www.editions-harmattan.fr/catalogue/li...

'We can fight like the world depends on us': Academics try to stave off government attacks Duke University professor Nancy MacLean issues a call to resistance in Chicago.

At #OAH25, Duke University’s Nancy MacLean called on historians to resist attacks on education led by Trump’s DOGE. “We can fight like the world depends on us.”
🔗 Read more from @chicago.suntimes.com: ow.ly/hOxR50VxGG6

🚨 CFP Deadline! 🚨 Don’t miss your chance to present at the 2026 OAH Conference on American History in Philadelphia! We're accepting proposals in all formats—papers, panels, roundtables, workshops, lightning rounds & more.

🗓 April 14, 2025

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Aux États-Unis, Trump à l’assaut de l’éducation, entre censure, coupes budgétaires et répression Depuis le retour de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche, les assauts contre l’éducation prennent une ampleur inédite et se déclinent au plan fédéral comme dans les districts scolaires.

Une très bonne analyse de la chercheuse @esthercyna.bsky.social pour mieux comprendre les attaques visant l'éducation aux États-Unis, à lire sur @france.theconversation.com

See which cocktails and wines could get pricier with Trump’s tariffs Americans who like to drink alcohol from Europe will have to spend lot more to indulge if the Trump administration makes good on its threats of steep tariffs.

Who is the education finance person who has done the school budget - buses, heating oil, paper, furniture, copiers - equivalent of this explainer? #edusky

ANNA JULIA COOPER, 1925-2025
Une féministe noire en Sorbonne

Colloque international @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social organisé les 19-20 juin 2025 pour le centenaire de sa thèse d'histoire

Conférences plénières de Martha Jones, Vivian May et Shirley Moody-Turner

esclavages.cnrs.fr/colloque-int...