Forthcoming in October "Class, Race, and the US South" American Politics and Society through the Lens of Michael Goldfield's Work @haymarketbooks.org ; @esthercyna.bsky.social Cody R. Melcher & myself. Preface by Donna Kesselman www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2901-c...

Prochaine séance du séminaire CAPITALISME & ÉDUCATION @marieadmenard.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social le 12/06 10h-12h sur le financement scolaire en France avec Clémence Cardon-Quint @ccardonquint.bsky.social, maison de la recherche @sorbonne-universite.fr edcapitalism.hypotheses.org/870

2026 – Séance 5 – 12.06 – Capitalisme, éducation et espace – 10h-12h

Nous accueillerons pour cette cinquième séance de notre séminaire Clémence Cardon-Quint pour la présentation de son ouvrage intitulé L’argent de l’école, histoire du budget de l'Education nationale de...

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Prochaine séance du séminaire CAPITALISME & ÉDUCATION @marieadmenard.bsky.social @noranafaa.bsky.social le 12/06 10h-12h sur le financement scolaire en France avec Clémence Cardon-Quint @ccardonquint.bsky.social, maison de la recherche @sorbonne-universite.fr edcapitalism.hypotheses.org/870

2026 – Séance 5 – 12.06 – Capitalisme, éducation et espace – 10h-12h

Nous accueillerons pour cette cinquième séance de notre séminaire Clémence Cardon-Quint pour la présentation de son ouvrage intitulé L’argent de l’école, histoire du budget de l'Education nationale de...

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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

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-...

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

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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

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 ...

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

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...

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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 : https://www.institutdesameriques.fr/agenda/les-etats-unis-au-21e-siecle

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 brill.com/display/titl... 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 ⤵️

Mike Glass@m-r-glass.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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...

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...

🔈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

@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...

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

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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...

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...

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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...

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!

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....

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...

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📽️ 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...

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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-...

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

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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...

Fractures éducatives aux États-Unis -

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

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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

'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.

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🚨 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 ow.ly/XXf650VwTI0

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

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.

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