The story: When Americans think about what is K-12 schooling in the US, they are likely to imagine two genres, depending on how the schools are funded: public schools, funded by the taxpayer; and private, boarding, parochial, and home schools, funded by parents (who are also taxpayers).
Brenda, wow. Great article. My husband served in the Air Force and he nor I were aware that we had DoD schools stateside. The history of how they began in the south where local schools were pushing back against integration is fascinating; but why were they continued to be funded after integration was nationwide in public schools? And of course the current administration doesn’t want to advertise the role of DoD as a pioneer in supporting integration. Thanks for sharing.
As always, so impressed by the amount of research that goes into your work! 👏🏼
Brenda, wow. Great article. My husband served in the Air Force and he nor I were aware that we had DoD schools stateside. The history of how they began in the south where local schools were pushing back against integration is fascinating; but why were they continued to be funded after integration was nationwide in public schools? And of course the current administration doesn’t want to advertise the role of DoD as a pioneer in supporting integration. Thanks for sharing.
Great question, Jane--why do we still have stateside DoDEA schools???
Education is under siege everywhere...