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Teachers as the Enemy within

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From Martyrs to Murderers

Part of the book series: Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action ((CKCS))

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Abstract

Public school teachers, once venerated for their service to their communities, are now portrayed as villains in the political drama surrounding neo-liberal, corporatist school reform. Columnist David Brooks (2010) captured this sentiment succinctly in a much-discussed New York Times Magazine feature titled “Teachers are fair game.” In his article, Brooks railed against “union rules that protect bad and mediocre teachers, teacher contracts that prevent us from determining which educators are good and which need help, and state and federal laws that either impede reform or dump money into the ancien régime” (p. 1).

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    Robert L. Dahlgren

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Dahlgren, R.L. (2017). Introduction. In: From Martyrs to Murderers. Constructing Knowledge: Curriculum Studies in Action. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-965-2_1

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