Jacob Pactor

2802 days ago

"Our kids perform poorly in school. We might get angry with them, but we never give them the tools—like peace and quiet at home—to succeed."

J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy is required reading for education reformers

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The surprising best seller Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis has become something of a cause célèbre on the grounds that it explains the appeal of Donald Trump to the white underclass (from which author J.D. Vance emerged).