Educator Politics Transformed - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post

Educator Politics Transformed - Arlington, VA, United States, ASCD EDge Blog post

Educator Politics Transformed

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Reader's note: Walter is taking a vacation for the next two weeks. He will resume his Looking Ahead Blog the week of August 28, 2011.

Talking about transforming education…are you ready to be transformational in your politics?

What? You don’t do politics? Sure you do! Every time you advocate for your ideas, seek to improve your situation and work to influence those around you, you’re “doing” politics! In fact, one could argue from the moment we learn to manipulate our environment, we are political. So let’s not kid one another that we don’t “do” politics. Yes, this is being political on a very personal level; but that is the basis for politics at every other level.

What kind of politics do you practice? There’s many kinds. Yet how many of us