Progressive Labels for Regressive Practices: How Key Terms in Education Have Been Co-opted
Category: EDUCATION
A number of labels that originally signified progressive ideas continue to be (mis)appropriated, their radical potential drained away, with the result that they're now invoked by supporters of "bunch o' facts" teaching or a corporate-styled, standards-and-testing model of school reform.
By Alfie Kohn, ContributorEducation expert, 2015-02-02