Against Obedience

Authors

  • Susan Ohanian National Resistance Editor, Substance newspaper and Fellow, New England Society for the Study of Education

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/ce.v3i9.183270

Keywords:

Common Core, Curriculum, Teaching, Teacher Education, Education Reform, Revolution, Critical Pedagogy, Occupy

Abstract

This article was originally delivered as the Second Annual Adam Renner Education for Social Justice Lecture at the Rouge Forum's Occupy Educaton! Class Conscious Pedagogies and Social Change Conference held at Miami University in Oxford, OH, June 22-24, 2012. Starting with a personal journey in learning that political activism isn't as scary as many teachers believe, the article highlights the highly political nature of press coverage of Race to the Top and the Common Core State Standards initiative, zeroing in on the quisling nature of teacher union and professional organization antics to keep a seat at the political table. Questioning  the silence on critical issues of higher education providers of educational products to consumers—aka professors—the author insists that whining isn't the same as doing. The article concludes with several points on how educators can take action.

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Published

2012-10-15

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 9 (2012)

Section

Articles

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