“We need the CCPA to remind us that our dreams of a decent, egalitarian society are reasonable — indeed that with a little work, they are practical. And I love that practicality, that protection of the dream of the possible.”
— Naomi Klein
A struggle dominates education these days. It is a struggle between demands for standardization and the reality of diversity. This issue of Our Schools / Our Selves speaks to many of the various concepts that impact and are impacted by education -- and are so often at odds with the Achievement Agenda" that repeatedly appears to privilege narrow evaluation over broad, authentic education and learning, and standardization over diversity.