Adrienne Johnstone

Adrienne Johnstone and Elizabeth Terzakis

Pedagogy and revolution

Two contributors to a book about the attack on public schools examine education theorist Paulo Freire's alternative vision.

April 4, 2012

We have to start somewhere

A San Francisco teacher and a leader of the union's reform caucus explains why she thinks members should vote "no" on a new contract.

May 25, 2010
An elementary school teacher leads a guided reading lesson
Roundtable

Answering the attack on teachers

With Barack Obama praising efforts to bust a Rhode Island teachers' union, rank-and-file teacher activists are fighting to defend public education.

March 3, 2010
A kindergarten teacher leads a discussion with her students

Pushing kids and teachers to the bottom

Barack Obama’s Race to the Top program offers cash-strapped state governments federal money--as long as they agree to attack teachers’ unions.

February 2, 2010

We have to learn how to fight

A San Francisco teachers' union activist explains how budget cuts are devastating the lives of schoolchildren--and how a resistance is taking shape.

November 25, 2009

A witch-hunt of gay teachers

The book And They Were Wonderful Teachers is a timely reminder of what happens when scapegoating is allowed to take place without a challenge.

October 9, 2009

Reformers in SF teachers’ union make gains

A reform group in the San Francisco teachers union took 41 percent of the vote for top union positions in an election marked by low turnout.

May 22, 2009
Todd Chretien and Adrienne Johnstone

West Coast ports shut down for May Day

Dockworkers up and down the West Coast stopped work on May Day in a protest against the war.

May 2, 2008