Listening? Donald Trump congratulates Education Secretary Betsy DeVos during a parent-teacher conference listening session in the White House.SIPA USA/Press Agency. All rights reserved.
In early November, Donald Trump won the election if not the popular vote. The next morning a video appeared on national news sites of youth at a Michigan middle school yelling at their peers: “Build the Wall! Build the Wall! BUILD THE WALL!” The election clearly had touched young people. This image remains with me as an American, as a philosopher of education. For many months since, each day has brought a new crisis, strong feelings that the country is imploding. Continuous protests in the streets and in town hall meetings across the nation are occurring, driven by significant potential passions and preferences. This is democratic participation reminiscent of former times.
