A review by tracithomas
School Moms: Parent Activism, Partisan Politics, and the Battle for Public Education by Laura Pappano

informative medium-paced

3.0

This book is interesting as a look at the right wing political mechanism that is attacking schools. I wish the book wasn't so focused on white parents. There are "School Moms" who are Black, queer, urban, disabled, Latina, etc. and this book ignores them and their activism for white suburban swing state mom. The book felt extremely narrow because of the narrow focus. A richer book would have the right wing and progressive approaches to show a more holistic version of what is happening in schools in America.