by Rainiel Guzmán Today’s school reformers are collectivists
with a common enemy: Teachers and their unions. Fascists,
communists, monarchists and technocrats have always followed
collectivist models. Teachers, particularly public school
teachers, have been targeted by all of the above as obstacles in
their road to domination. Their disdain toward public school
teachers and their efforts to eliminate teachers’ unions are a
matter of public record. Why group these apparently ideological
enemies into one cohort? The answer should be equally apparent.
Irrespective of their ideological rhetoric, all of these
aberrations are forms of collectivism. Their ultimate goal is to
gather all resources into one line of control and management. In
order to obtain this goal they need individuals to conform to
their collectivist plans. Conversely, a teacher is essentially
an individual that strives to bring out the unique potential of
his or her students. Here is where the battle line is drawn.
Let’s revisit history to see the