Manufactured Outrage: The Conservative Industrial Complex's War on Education and How to Fight Back

This book is a powerful and urgently needed examination of the Conservative Industrial Complex (CIC)’s attack on public education.Public education is under attack. At school board meetings, in the media, and in the political sphere, there is a growing wave of anti-public education sentiment and a tendency to twist such concepts as Critical Race Theory, multiculturalism, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into dog whistles for the supposed brainwashing of students. In Manufactured Outrage, the authors provide an overview of the CIC―a coordinated network of conservative groups that seek to dismantle our public education system―and explore how educators can push back against harmful education policy agendas.Reading this book will teach you how to:Uphold education as a democratic, public goodResist assaults on our democracy through public and policy advocacyNavigate the current fraught educational landscape in the US  District leaders, school leaders, education policymakers, activists, and community members will find the guidance in this book invaluable as they continue their efforts to improve education for all students. Read more