by Cameron Vickrey | Aug 16, 2022 | Opinion
Any time you are quoted on Twitter, you have to brace yourself for the subsequent comments. Especially if Pastors for Children is the one quoting you. Their Twitter account is a favorite of trolls (education reformers, neo-libertarians and Christian nationalists) who...
by Cameron Vickrey | May 27, 2022 | Opinion
“Joy is the gift of love, grief is the price of love, and rage is that which protects what is loved.” I keep repeating these words of Valarie Kaur, an activist and spiritual teacher, over and over. Joy — so easily stolen. Grief — so unnecessary. Rage — so inescapable....
by Cameron Vickrey | Feb 23, 2022 | Opinion
The teaching career is changing, and not for the better. Teachers are leaving the profession in alarming numbers, and many plan to leave earlier than they thought they would. My high school senior year AP English teacher died unexpectedly last week. Mr. Wood was a...
by Cameron Vickrey | Dec 10, 2020 | Opinion
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on education is beautiful. Yet, I groaned when I got to this line: “Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.” “Choice” is a buzzword that has been co-opted...
by Good Faith Media | Aug 20, 2020 | News
Editor’s note: This article has been revised to update panelist information. Good Faith Media will host its final public education forum on Aug. 25. The first two Good Faith Forums on education, produced in conjunction with Pastors for Children, took place on...
