The Industrial Classroom
In resisting standardized testing, today’s teachers are part of a rich tradition of struggle against dehumanization in the workplace.
In resisting standardized testing, today’s teachers are part of a rich tradition of struggle against dehumanization in the workplace.
In my new neighborhood, in Baltimore, “Occupy the Vote: Re-Elect Obama” signs still pepper the landscape. They’re planted in front yards, posted in front windows, positioned on sidewalk strips. This irks me, to an extent—this wanton appropriation of the Occupy name, used to declare allegiance to a president firmly ensconced in the very neoliberal consensus [...]
Shawn Gude is an assistant editor at Jacobin.