On 'Love Pedagogy: The Future of Education Reform'.

• Author: Klonsky, Michael
• Position: From Our Website

I grew up poor but had a home, food, and parents that cared about education. All but one of my teachers in K-12 were uninspired and quite a few were simply horrible human beings. I still finished formal school with a Ph.D. in science. People living in poverty need jobs that guarantee a living wage and lift them up. My husband teaches in a high-poverty school and so many of these kids are hungry, homeless, and come to school out of daily chaotic home life. Yes, the teachers need to care and the vast majority do, but the blame heaped on them for failure, the anticipation that they need to provide something different every year, and the expectation that they should provide parenting to each student in...