'As society goes, school goes:’ New report details toll on schools in President Trump’s America
In this age defined by the presidency of Donald J. Trump, our nation is increasingly divided and our political atmosphere highly charged. The contentious environment contributes to other societal problems, even as it makes it increasingly difficult to deal with them. America’s schools are not immune from this division and incivility and are similarly challenged to address a range of issues that confront our society.--From “School and Society in the Age of Trump” report
That is the start of a new report titled “School and Society in the Age of Trump" that looks at how school principals are dealing with — and how students are affected by — social issues that have been prominent during the Trump presidency: 1) political division and hostility; 2) disputes over truth, facts, and the reliability of sources; 3) opioid addiction; 4) the threat of immigration enforcement; and 5) the threats of gun violence on school campuses.
The report, written by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles’ Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, details findings from a nationally representative poll taken of hundreds of high schools principals. And it includes recommendations for school leaders to consider..
This post about the findings was written by Mike Rose, a highly respected research professor in the University of California at Los Angeles Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.
Rose is the author of books that include “The Mind at Work: Valuing the Intelligence of the American Worker,” which demonstrated the heavy cognitive demands of blue-collar and service work and what it takes to do such work well. Other books he has written include “Back to School: Why Everyone Deserves a Second Chance at Education,” “Possible Lives: The Promise of Public Education in America” and “Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us.”
By Mike Rose
Schools are porous institutions — what happens in society at large plays out in classrooms and hallways — so the disturbing findings of a masterful new report “School and Society in the Age of Trump” should not surprise. But they do, in their scope and severity.
John Rogers and his colleagues (Michael Ishimoto, Alexander Kwako, Anthony Berryman, and Claudia Diera) at UCLA’s Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access surveyed a nationally representative sample of more than 500 public high school principals from across the country and found this:
*89 percent reported that “incivility and contentiousness in the broader political environment has CONTINUE READING: 'As society goes, school goes:’ New report details toll on schools in President Trump’s America - The Washington Post