Teaching for Democracy Not Plutocracy

By Mark Naison

Right now, education policy is being shaped by the presumed needs of employers rather than the aptitudes needs and culture of actual students. The result is classrooms that are stifling and humiliating, where young people’s natural curiosity is being squelched and where teachers are micromanaged to make sure their empathy doesn’t lead them to depart from the script. Continue reading “Teaching for Democracy Not Plutocracy”

Why I Won’t Discourage My Students from Becoming Teachers

 

By Mark Naison

Every day, I get personal messages from teachers describing how their jobs have been turned nightmarish by tests, assessments, scripting and micromanagement and abusive treatment by administrators. Continue reading “Why I Won’t Discourage My Students from Becoming Teachers”