Education Reform Guide

Education Reform Guide

Remembering Howard Zinn by Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure?

Remembering Howard Zinn by Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure?

The Undeserving Poor and Education Reform

The Irony of 21st Century School Reform, Russ Walsh

Aren't All Children Equally Deserving?

Adrienne Rich: "Universal public education has two possible—and contradictory—missions"

Rich, A. (2001). Arts of the Possible: Essays and Conversations. New York, NY: W. W. Norton and Company.

Universal public education has two possible—and contradictory—missions. One is the development of a literate, articulate, and well-informed citizenry so that the democratic process can continue to evolve and the promise of radical equality can be brought closer to realization. The other is the perpetuation of a class system dividing an elite, nominally “gifted” few, tracked from an early age, from a very large underclass essentially to be written off as alienated from language and science, from poetry and politics, from history and hope—toward low-wage temporary jobs. The second is the direction our society has taken. The results are devastating in terms of the betrayal of a generation of youth. The loss to the whole of society is incalculable. (p. 162)

See also Universal Public Education—Our (Contradictory) Missions, P. L. Thomas

Why Do Americans Love to Blame Teachers?

Why Do Americans Love to Blame Teachers?

Grade retention research

Grade retention research

Terms defined

Fascism

Capitalism

Socialism

Communism

Marxism

Educational Philosophy - Marxism

Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better

The Conversation UK: Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better

Paulo Freire

remnant 17: "we came to the world in order to remake the world" Paulo Freire

"Other People's Children" and Caricatures of Dewey and Freire

It's Time to Stop Treating Black and Brown Kids Like 'Other People's Children' | Alternet

Beyond Caricatures: On Dewey, Freire, and Direct Instruction (Again)

NPR Whitewashes Charter Schools and Disaster Capitalism in New Orleans

NPR Whitewashes Charter Schools and Disaster Capitalism in New Orleans

Illinois School Bans Discussions of Michael Brown's Death | Alternet

Illinois School Bans Discussions of Michael Brown's Death | Alternet

As School Begins: Questions All Education Majors Should Ask Their Professors

As School Begins: Questions All Education Majors Should Ask Their Professors

Daily Kos: Freedom of Religion in schools 6/17/1963

Daily Kos: Freedom of Religion in schools 6/17/1963

Tupac Shakur at Age 17: One of the Most On Point Videos on Education You Will Ever Watch | National Education Policy Center

Tupac Shakur at Age 17: One of the Most On Point Videos on Education You Will Ever Watch | National Education Policy Center