In a nutshell: This essay embodies everything that Pedagogishness seeks to be about. Just read it. No commentary from me is needed.
Henry A. Giroux | The War Against Teachers as Public Intellectuals in Dark TimesIf the United States is to prevent its slide into a deeply violent and anti-democratic state, it will, among other things, be required fundamentally to rethink not merely the relationship between education and democracy, but also the very nature of teaching, the role of teachers as engaged citizens and public intellectuals and the relationship between teaching and social responsibility.
via Truth-out