FROM THE DESK OF HARVEY GRAFF

Read the extensive and pertinent publications written by Harvey Graff, member of the Honesty for Ohio Education Coalition and Ohio Eminent Scholar and Professor Emeritus of English and History at The Ohio State University.

Book banning

• The History of Book Banning
• Book Banning Past and Present
• ​Book ban in Washington County is an example of the ‘new illiteracy
• I wrote ‘Out of Darkness’ for my high school students. Now high schools are removing it
• ​Book banning isn’t about content; it’s a fight for supremacy in culture wars
• The right-wing truck convoys arrive in Ohio: The unconstitutionality and inhumanity of Book Banners
• Book Banning Past and Present and the Rights of Young Readers​​​
• Battle of the books: A professor examines the 1619, 1620, 1776, and 1836 projects
• ​Dark money fuels Kansas and Missouri school book banners. Don’t let the minority rule
• The Book Business Ecosystem Is Under Attack
  

critical race theory

• Attacks on Critical Race Theory Threaten Democracy
• There Is No Debate About Critical Race Theory
• ​The New White Fright and Flight and the Critical Race Theory Nondebate​​
• Busting Myths: Shouldn’t Ivy League graduates know better than to remake American history?​​
• Busting Myths: How many “projects” does it take to obstruct a truly American history?
• Busting Myths: The U.S. and Canada - Confronting the past in the present
• The media mangle the Second Big Lie: The nondebate over critical race theory
• Busting Myths: Marketing the Second Biggest Lie: The Faith & Freedom Caucus versus American history & Christianity
• Busting Myths: DeWine whines about critical race theory
  
• Opinion: Attacks on 'critical race theory' a dangerous assault on democracy and education
  

education

• Ohio Education Promotes Racism and Restricting Equity, Again​​
• ​The State of Ohio assaults its children: The war on those least able to defend themselves
• When 'Heterodoxy' Is Orthodoxy
• Searching for Literacy: The Social and Intellectual Origins of Literacy Studies
  

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January 23: Newsletter/Update
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July 25: Newsletter / Update
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July 18: Honesty Letter to Gov. DeWine Demanding Fair, Legal State Board of Education Districts
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June 27: Newsletter/Update
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June 13: Newsletter/Update
June 13, 2022: TAKE ACTION for State Superintendent & Rally Against HB 616
June 11, 2022: Statement Requesting New Hiring Process for State Superintendent
June 6, 2022: Newsletter/Update
June 3, 2022: State Superintendent Resigns
June 3, 2022: Legislative Updates
May 30, 2022: Newsletter/Update
May 29, 2022: HB 616 Hearing Update
May 27, 2022: HB 454 Hearing Update​
May 23, 2022: Newsletter/Update
May 16, 2022: Newsletter/Update
May 9, 2022: Newsletter/Update
May 2, 2022: Newsletter/Update
April 25, 2022: Newsletter/Update
April 18, 2022: Newsletter/Update
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April 4, 2022: Newsletter/Update
April 3, 2022: Superintendent & GOTV
March 31, 2022: Upcoming Events
March 28, 2022: Newsletter/Update
March 21, 2022: Newsletter
March 14, 2022: Newsletter
March 10, 2022: Newsletter/Update
March 5, 2022: Alert
March 1, 2022: Alert
February 21, 2022: Newsletter
February 19, 2022: HB 327 Update
February 15, 2022: HB 327 Hearing Alert
February 7, 2022: Newsletter
January 31, 2022: Newsletter
January 24, 2022: Newsletter
January 17, 2022: Newsletter
January 10, 2022: Newsletter

2021

December 13, 2021: Newsletter
December 6, 2021: Newsletter
November 30, 2021: Newsletter
November 23, 2021: Newsletter
November 16, 2021: Newsletter​
November 13, 2021: Testimony Workshops 
November 9, 2021: Newsletter
​November 2, 2021: Newsletter
October 28, 2021: Revised HB 327 & SBOE President Resignation
October 27, 2021: HB 327 Hearing Update
​October 26, 2021: Newsletter
​October 19, 2021: Newsletter