Popular Comms

Please join us in welcoming Anna Bakalis into her new role as Executive Director of Popular Comms, and Jonathan Smucker in his new role as Senior Strategist and Board President! We know that to win the big changes we long for, we need more people power. We are committed to our small role in this fight, and as we dig in, we are excited for the roles that Anna Bakalis and Jonathan Smucker will play in leading our team.

Read our full announcement here:
https://www.popularcomms.org/latest/announcing-our-new-executive-director

Check out what our supporters are saying about our new report, “Public Education is Popular (and Our Opponents know it).”

Jennifer Berkshire, co-author of The Education Wars: A Citizen's Guide and Defense Manual (out in June 2024) and the co-host of the education podcast Have You Heard says about our new report: “This essential guide lays out why our public schools are under such ferocious attack right now, and reminds us that those who seek to dismantle public education represent an extreme minority. Most importantly, it offers effective messaging for defending public schools and pushing back against the forces that seek to divide us. As extremist groups stoke new controversies around race and gender, Popular Comms has provided us with the necessary tools to fight back, making the case for fully-funded schools that serve all kids. Listen to them!”

Check out the report at https://bit.ly/publicedreport.

Today, we release "Public Education is Popular (and Our Opponents know it)" - a comprehensive, first-of-its-kind research study that tests what messages work best to counter authoritarian attacks on America’s public schools. We think this research provides key insights into why far-right messages are falling flat. We also found in our research that some of the most common messages against these extremist attacks are not working well—and may even be backfiring. The good news is that better-performing messages are available.

Read the full report here!

Public Education is Popular — POPULAR COMMS Public Education is Popular (and Our Opponents Know It) Framing a Big Us to Defeat Authoritarian Attacks on Our Schools Download Report Fall 2023Over the past three years a growing authoritarian movement has targeted public schools, opening up new lines of attack on social wedge issues. We conducted...