ERIC Number: ED658878
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug
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ISBN: 978-1-975505-63-9
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Activists, Advocates, and Agitators: 21st Century Justice-Oriented Teacher Activist Organizations
Brianne Kramer, Editor
Myers Education Press
In recent years, the field of education has been fraught with a variety of different challenges. A multi-year pandemic, book banning, and legislative efforts seeking to ban Critical Race Theory and LGBTQ positive curriculum have had negative effects on K-12 education, leaving many educators feeling the progress made in several states and communities before and during the 2018 teacher walkouts and strikes was now gone. Teacher morale is sitting at a historic low point, with teachers leaving the profession in droves. Education as an institution is at a crucial tipping point, and changes focused on equity and reducing the neoliberal hold on reform need to be implemented in order to keep schools as democratic spaces. The way this vision can be realized is through activism and existing social movement organizations that use both traditional and netroots practices. The purpose of "Activists, Advocates, and Agitators" is to provide readers with a history and analysis of 21st century teacher activism in K-12 schools to better understand the effectiveness of organizing and activism. Additionally, the text will introduce readers to present-day activist groups whose work is positively changing education and schools and the ways in which some teachers are working within their communities to assist in their specific needs. "Activists, Advocates, and Agitators" is the perfect book to instruct preservice teachers about the conditions that they will face in their classrooms, arming them with valuable strategies to help them to achieve their academic goals.
Descriptors: Activism, Advocacy, Teacher Morale, Democratic Values, Faculty Mobility, Teaching Conditions, Neoliberalism, Social Change, Educational History, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Barriers, Political Attitudes, Critical Race Theory, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Educational Legislation, Social Justice, Faculty Development, Preservice Teacher Education, Unions, Teachers, National Organizations, Teacher Attitudes, Consciousness Raising, Teacher Associations
Myers Education Press. PO Box 424, Gorham, ME 04038. Tel: 207-520-2700; e-mail: publisher@myersedpress.com; Web site: https://www.myersedpress.com
Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Minnesota (Minneapolis)
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