How to Resist the Destructive Self-Indulgence of Teachers on a Soapbox

How to Resist the Destructive Self-Indulgence of Teachers on a Soapbox

The other week, a Maine elementary school music teacher took to the pages of EdWeek with an op-ed titled “Certain Topics Spark Parent Pushback. I’ve Decided to Teach Them Anyway.” It’s a hugely revealing window into the mindset that turned classrooms into the white-hot center of our culture wars and serves as serves as a useful distillation of “worst practices.” I generally don’t critique teachers by name. But, since this teacher, Marissa McCue …