• A black and white photograph of Paulo Freire later in life. Freire is bald, bearded, and wears large eyeglasses.

    Pedagogy and Class Power: Reclaiming Freire in an Age of Reaction

    In the early decades of the twenty-first century, education has become a frontline in the ideological struggle over the future of global capitalism. The coordinated assault on teachers, curriculum, and institutions of public learning is not an isolated culture war but a structural feature of neoliberal governance. In this context, the pedagogical philosophy of Paulo […]

  • Children in classroom, unidentified school, King County, Washington, 1909.

    Curriculum of Control: Capital’s Grip on U.S. History Education

    The Classroom Is a Battleground Teaching U.S. history in a public high school today is a subversive act. In the face of mounting attacks on education, educators like me are caught between the curriculum we are allowed to teach and the truth students desperately need to understand. It is no exaggeration to say that the […]