This article presents the author's keynote address from the 2011 CEE Summer Conference at Fordham University in which he challenges educators to rethink what they do and how they do it. He talks about English teacher education as literacy teacher education. He tries to sketch a picture of the status quo and its limits, and an alternative picture…

Presents a skeptical perspective on the English teaching profession and the educational system in general. Argues that the alleged educational crisis is in fact an encompassing social crisis, necessitating teachers to teach from a social and political perspective. (MM)

Examines the 1974 case of fundamentalist censorship in Kanawha County, West Virginia, and responds to fundamentalist's objections to the disputed books. Suggests that the solution to censorship may lead to the development of "spiritual" education, an education of expanded consciousness based on pluralism. (MM)

Considers the schools of thought in language and learning, and examines how their theories and propositions affect teachers. Characterizes the teacher as a professional manager and discusses what it means to be such a person. Investigates what managers and teachers know and need to know-in-practice. (KEH)

Reports on discussions by East San Francisco Bay veteran primary school teachers who shared their experiences of teaching in economically strapped, racially mixed, bilingual, urban school systems. Offers observations, audiotaped records, and transcripts made in these teachers' schools by graduate students, teachers, and professors associated with…