They’re (still) alive: Classroom controversies & zombie narratives
Like Twinkies and cockroaches, zombie ideologies seem to defy the laws of expiration dates, let alone logic, compassion and community. And unfortunately, public education is rife with them.
Contributors to this issue of Our Schools / Our Selves address how zombie arguments are resurfacing in their classrooms and communities across the country, the deleterious effect of these ideologies – and the narratives that underpin them. With public schools, the kids and communities they serve, and the staff who work in them increasingly under attack, we need to be keenly aware of how zombie arguments are being mobilized…and how to fight back.
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About the author
Erika (she/her) became Director of the National Office in 2020, but began her career at the CCPA in 1997 as director of the Education Project. Originally established to monitor corporate intrusion in public education, the project broadened its focus to include standardized testing, social justice and anti-racism education in schools, educational equity, school finance, child care and early childhood education, tuition and user fees, technology, surveillance and privacy, the arts, and community-based education. In 2000 she also became editor of Our Schools/Our Selves, the popular education journal founded in 1988. It provides commentary and analysis on a wide variety of education-related topics. Erika has a BA in History from McGill University and an MA in English (critical literary analysis) from the University of Guelph. Prior to coming to the CCPA, she worked in Washington DC researching the corporatization of childhood, and was one of the founders of UNPLUG (which became the now-defunct Center for Commercial-Free Public Education). She spends far too much time on social media.
