Classroom Overcrowding and United Student Struggles
As I finished the first year of my teacher certification program this past spring, the graduate school I attend announced that in addition to the two year program of which […]
Tag Archives: Charter Schools
Boycott CPS: Citywide Walkout This Wednesday
At the close of the last school year, despite protest, community organizing, the advocacy of families, the occupation of schools and the outspokenness of staff, Chicago Public Schools continued forward […]
Disaster Capitalism, Education Reform and the Charter School Movement
Naomi Klein, scholar-activist and the author of No Logo, noticed a recent trend in the growth of free market reforms and corporate force. Though some of these initiatives had been […]
Schooling the World: Native Power in Response to Neoliberal Reform
Lois Wiener, among many other progressive educators and scholars, has written extensively about the neoliberal reforms which are overwhelming current models for education in the US–particularly in oppressed communities. The […]
Why College Is Not the Goal of a Progressive Education
As an oppressed student, it was ingrained in me from early on in my educational career that attending college was not only the key to justice, but a revolutionary act. […]
Getting Off Task: The Need for Flexibility and Free Time in the Classroom
“Being flexible with your curriculum is not about sending the message to students that the curriculum is unimportant. It is about sending the message that it is important in a […]
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