Robin Lakoff: The Republican Ignorance Agenda
Conservative Republicans have been very busy lately making inroads into teaching and learning at all levels -- a curious program, especially at a time when more serious voices have been urging America to strengthen its investment in science and technology in order to remain globally competitive in the twenty-first century. One wonders what their oppositionism is really about.
Let me summarize a bit of this interesting record:
Congressional Republicans have fought to reduce pre-kindergarten (Head Start) funding.
Conservatives in various arenas have been whittling away at the prestige, authority and autonomy of elementary and high school teachers. The denial of the right to collective bargaining, the destruction of security of
Let me summarize a bit of this interesting record:
Congressional Republicans have fought to reduce pre-kindergarten (Head Start) funding.
Conservatives in various arenas have been whittling away at the prestige, authority and autonomy of elementary and high school teachers. The denial of the right to collective bargaining, the destruction of security of