Some Scary Training for Teachers (Washington Post)
Provide some comments about whether and how the article you read relates to the Johnson text and/or your life/future life as an educator. Note: the comments at the end provide a variety of points of view ranging from agreement with the author to well-reasoned disagreement to knee-jerk reactions against the article. While I often try to steer clear of comments sections, skimming them can present a shorthand version of some of the most common ways of thinking about the topics at hand.
From our class discussion I sense that there are a variety of opinions about the politics suggested by Johnson's ideas. I hope that regardless of your initial reaction to Johnson's project that you will do some hard thinking about the ways in which Johnson, your own ways of thinking, and the needs of the children you serve/will serve might relate to each other.
