How can education survive in a post-truth era full of alternative facts and a reality-TV star armed with nuclear codes and a Twitter account? We must recognize that teaching is political.
Schools.
In their classes, People learn to see themselves as members of communities and also to engage the world around them.
Trust, like politics, involves people.
Preserving that trust, we have seen, can help preserve democracy.
Schools need to help students counter the social erosion of trust in knowledge.
How can education survive in a post-truth era full of alternative facts and a reality-TV star armed with nuclear codes and a Twitter account? We must recognize that teaching is political