“As you well know, there is a lot of inequality in American schools and schooling… and a whole emphasis on standardised tests, especially in schools of the kids of the poor.”
“Build the Wall! Build the Wall! BUILD THE WALL!” Update from the US professor of the philosophy of education who was president of the John Dewey Society 2009 - 2011.
“It cannot be right, that people can grow up and go to school and hardly ever come into meaningful contact with people from other backgrounds and faiths.” David Cameron, July 2015.
Does an 11 year old who has been told they have failed seem to you like someone who is really going to rally behind learning?
Was it inevitable that Think became a negative force for liberalism? One Dutch citizen tries to hold onto the middle ground in a polarizing world.
The philosopher of post-Fascism enters the populism fray with his own candidate for post-truth – Left betrayal. Czech.
“Universality is key to sustainability and to acceptability of programmes of this kind. Universal support also reflects our strong belief that parenting skills are not innate and all parents need support.”
Who is right? Where should the left draw the line? Will the facts help us now?
Too Black for the adoption agencies but not Black enough for the political campaigners. On growing up an adoptee of mixed heritage in Britain. Listen to a recorded audio version of this article courtesy of curio.io.
The oppression and exploitation of mining communities means that even within our democracy, the legacy of the apartheid and colonial era mining regimes continues.
In votes for Brexit, and in Trump, we are hearing an indivisible claim for a national, ethnic, gender and class identity. But the claim emerges not from pride, but from shame.
Following my initial surprise, my first reaction, as always when I encounter the rhetorically inclusive “we”, was to wonder who they might be; was I now part of this “we” ?
