The Battle Hymn of the Refugee Teacher

The Battle Hymn of the Refugee Teacher

Citing dissatisfaction with the professional and pedagogical conditions at their district schools, some public school teachers are lighting out for the territory of classical private and charter schools to regain their footing. Chris Reynolds thought he would spend his career where it started, or a place much like it: at a public high school in a Colorado exurb, teaching history and philosophy the way he’d learned it in college. Armed w…