Via Turthout: Maya Schenwar | Back to School: An Interview With Bill Ayers

Maya Schenwar, Truthout: "I sat down in Chicago with education theorist and activist Bill Ayers to discuss true democracy, false reform and his latest book (co-authored with cartoonist Ryan Alexander-Tanner), 'To Teach: The Journey in Comics.' In an educational culture increasingly permeated by top-down marketplace values, Ayers, who taught primary school for years, still believes in the possibility of a schooliverse where every teacher is respected and every student is valued as a full human being, where collaborative learning and growth trump the school-eat-school 'Race to the Top.' And by the end of our conversation, I did, too."

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