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September 2026 Magazine

PR for People Team

September 15, 2026

Ronald Gruner recently wrote We The Presidents: How a Century of Presidents from Harding to Trump Forged Today’s America. A newly released edition commemorates the 250th Anniversary of American Independence. Both books have received critical acclaim from people who take presidential history seriously. Learn more about why he undertook these massive projects. Barbara Lloyd McMichael writes about education, acknowledging that throughout much of this nation’s history, access to schooling has been predicated on gender and race. And yet, it’s important to acknowledge the strides we’ve made over the last 250 years. In John de Graaf’s latest film Econoclast, he has captured the life and work of ecological economist Herman Daly.Happy September! –Patricia Vaccarino

The history of American education – out of sight, out of mind?

Barbara McMichael

September 09, 2026

Over 54 million kids in the United States are heading back to school in the United States this month. Many of us whose school memories include the screech of chalk on blackboards, the irresistible smell of freshly mimeographed worksheets, and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance – now look back with nostalgia on those formative years of promise and progress. We probably didn’t realize it then, but that final line of the Pledge – “with liberty and justice for all” – didn’t automatically mean access to quality K-12 education nationwide. And it still doesn’t.