Schools Matter: Cultural Genocide Wins in Arizona

Schools Matter: Cultural Genocide Wins in Arizona:

Cultural Genocide Wins in Arizona

by Judy Rabin

As was evident last week in Washington DC when hundreds of protesters camped outside the Department of Education for four days, teachers across the country who speak out or don't comply with oppressive, racist policies find themselves out of a job or with their livelihood threatened unless they are complicit in the cultural sterilization and intellectual neutering of students.

Today, we live in a country where public school teachers who are trying to do right by their students, who speak out against injustice, or find innovative and meaningful ways to engage students and broaden their intellectual curiosity in a dignified and respectful