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'Spirit Murder,' Neo-Segregation and Science Denial in American Schools
'Spirit Murder,' Neo-Segregation and Science Denial in American Schools
A child at a rally in Roxbury, Massachusetts, on December 13, 2020. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
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By Bari Weiss
02.05.21 — Education
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'Spirit Murder,' Neo-Segregation and Science Denial in American Schools

My experience over the past few weeks trying to tackle the story of the crisis in American schooling puts me in mind of a handyman enlisted to fix a janky door hinge only to find out that the house was sliding off its foundation. 

A distressed parent writes me from Harvard-Westlake (tuition: $41,300 a year; alma mater of the siblings Gyllenhaal). She tel…

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Bari Weiss

Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press and host of the podcast Honestly. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.

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