David Ferrero

May 28, 2024 | merionwest.com | David Ferrero

“Although pithy and pugnacious, the slogan is wrong. The moment parents drop a child off at the schoolhouse door, they entrust the school to take over some of their parenting responsibilities.” do not co-parent with the government!” This t-shirt-friendly slogan has emerged in conservative circles as a rallying cry for parental rights. It is a strident way of voicing the conviction that parents—rather than the government—should have primary authority over children’s upbringing.

Feb 15, 2024 | merionwest.com | David Ferrero |Erich Prince

“These claims put forward by critical social justice-oriented scholars and educationists all lead to the same conclusion: educational justice for black and OC students begins with schools or classrooms segregated by race and ethnicity.”istorically, white people have been responsible for neighborhood and school segregation. The story is well-known and oft-told: Jim Crow laws, redlining, Southern “Massive Resistance,” discriminatory zoning, and white flight. All of this is true.