Education to Save the World

What once seemed like "Chicken Little Alarmism," the idea that civilization is on the verge of destruction, is now on the minds of every thinking person. Whether we consider the grim data on global warming scientists have been warning us about for decades, the Doomsday Clock (now 100 seconds to midnight), or Donald Trump's thuggish coup attempt of 1/6/21, the evidence could not be clearer. Major shit's about to go down unless humanity gets its act together. Yesterday.Enter John...
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What once seemed like "Chicken Little Alarmism," the idea that civilization is on the verge of destruction, is now on the minds of every thinking person. Whether we consider the grim data on global warming scientists have been warning us about for decades, the Doomsday Clock (now 100 seconds to midnight), or Donald Trump's thuggish coup attempt of 1/6/21, the evidence could not be clearer. Major shit's about to go down unless humanity gets its act together. Yesterday.Enter John Bredin's timely new book. At at time when the historic civic role of education has been tossed aside for a banal and narrow "education for jobs" approach, Bredin's easy to read, jargon free treatise points the way toward a humane and liberating education system that....if we're lucky....might just help us save the world.A must read for all teachers, parents, politicians, education policy makers, and activists. Bredin also hosts the TV show Public Voice Salon, an open dialogue on education, the arts, and social change that was nominated for the 2020 Yidan Prize: the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in Education.