The Old School

Dr. Bourgeois and Mr. Miller discuss the impact of teacher unions on the profession and their continued utility. While largely experienced in non-union states, the two plow ahead and discuss the merits and deficiencies of teacher unions.


The dynamic duo have published a book! Check out The Center Cannot Hold: A Critical Look at Contemporary Education. The book takes the reader though some of the major challenges facing education and our humble suggestions on how to improve what is taking place within the classroom.
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Musical credit: "Track 14" Steven Bourgeois from Out of the Darkness ©2004 All rights reserved

What is The Old School?

Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge "best practices" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”