Modern Times Bookstore Collective Presents
Bad Teacher! How Blaming Teachers Distorts the Bigger Picture
A reading and discussion with author Kevin K. Kumashiro
- When
- Fri Mar 9, 2012
- Where
- Modern Times Bookstore Collective
- Time
- 7 pm - 9 pm
- Tags
- Literary Arts, Author Appearances, Book Stores
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A reading and discussion with author Kevin K. Kumashiro.In his latest book, leading educator and author, Kevin Kumashiro,
takes aim at the current debate on education reform, paying particular
attention to the ways that scapegoating public-school teachers,
teacher unions, and teacher education masks the real, systemic
problems. He demonstrates convincingly how current trends, like
market-based reforms and fast-track teacher certification programs are
creating overwhelming obstacles to achieving an equitable education
for all children.
Bad Teacher! highlights the common ways that both the public and
influential leaders think about the problems and solutions for public
education, and suggests ways to help us see the bigger picture and
reframe the debate. Compelling, accessible, and grounded in current
initiatives and debates, this book is important reading for a diverse
audience of policymakers, school leaders, parents, and everyone who
cares about education.
Kevin K. Kumashiro is the founding Director of the Center for
Anti-Oppressive Education and President-Elect (2010-2012) of the
National Association for Multicultural Education. He is a professor at
the University of Illinois at Chicago, and the award-winning author of
several books, including most recently, "The Seduction of Common
Sense: How the Right Has Framed the Debate on America's Schools."
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