'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)
Plus: a Super Bowl mitzvah
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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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