We need more humour in education reform « Cooperative Catalyst

We need more humour in education reform « Cooperative Catalyst

We need more humour in education reform

by dwees

Education reform, both north of the border where I am in Canada, and south of our border in the Unites States is a very serious business. Everywhere I see the discussion taking place, I see heated conversations and a lot of rhetoric being passed both ways, between those who appear to be driving a very corporate driven privatization of education agenda, and those of us who would like a more democratic schooling system.
The problem is that not enough actual conversation is happening, and the people in the middle, whose minds we would sway, are left to follow whomever has the loudest voice, and the most money to promote their version of what schools should look like. Those of us at the Cooperative Catalyst are not being paid for our thoughts and