Principled Resistance

“Doris Santoro and Lizabeth Cain have curated a thought-provoking volume, bringing together experts who provide the context needed to understand teachers’ resistance to a school reform regime that has long neglected to take their expertise and professionalism into account. Principled Resistance highlights the disciplines of philosophy and history to help us see teacher activism as an intelligent and ethical response to unjust conditions. This book is thus relevant for all of us who want public schools to be equitable, democratic spaces for teachers and students alike.” —Michele S. Moses, professor and associate vice provost, University of Colorado Boulder

“Principled Resistance offers a provocative examination of how teachers have enacted pedagogical, professional, and democratic principles in pushing back against education practices and policies that they believe harm students, schools, and society. Educators will be inspired by the richly described examples in these chapters, and pushed to reflect on their own ethical responsibilities in a challenging but essential profession.” —Meira Levinson, professor of education, Harvard Graduate School of Education

"Without works like this, we cannot adequately equip ourselves as educators or even as concerned citizens when and if it is necessary to resist." —Angela Macias, Teachers College Record