1960s Radical Drawing Fire to Obama Is a Prominent Thinker on K-12 Education
William C. Ayers, the 1960s radical at the center of a presidential-campaign controversy over the extent of his ties with Sen. Barack Obama, is widely known and respected in education as a professor, commentator, and advocate for progressive teaching and social justice.
Mr. Ayers recently became the vice president-elect for the curriculum studies division of the American Educational Research Association .
At the AERA’s annual meeting in New York City in March, he was a panelist for several sessions, including one on the topic “The Small Schools Movement...
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