This essay is the introduction to an upcoming series on the history of education through the lens of capitalist social relations and industrialization. We republish it for our newer readers.
I've never worked in education, but have lots of friends who have.
This brought up two things for me.
1. Are there any co-operatively run schools that do away with the usual hierarchy?
2. I recently read a quote by Saul Alinsky that has me thinking, and thought I'd share it here with you, with some of my notes from a Shareable webinar: Politics we face drive a wedge between middle and working class. Saul Alinsky in 1973 said he should also have organized middle class communities, and not just working class, since interests are similar and they have more power. He also said if the left doesn’t organize the middle class, the right will, and will impose an authoritarian regime.
I've never worked in education, but have lots of friends who have.
This brought up two things for me.
1. Are there any co-operatively run schools that do away with the usual hierarchy?
2. I recently read a quote by Saul Alinsky that has me thinking, and thought I'd share it here with you, with some of my notes from a Shareable webinar: Politics we face drive a wedge between middle and working class. Saul Alinsky in 1973 said he should also have organized middle class communities, and not just working class, since interests are similar and they have more power. He also said if the left doesn’t organize the middle class, the right will, and will impose an authoritarian regime.