
We shouldn’t assume that union and community efforts will inevitably succumb to corporate co-optation.
DYLAN CRAIG i s a teacher in District of Columbia Public Schools and a member of the Washington Teachers Union. He has held leadership roles in two teachers unions and is active in organizing committees. His writing has appeared in Maryland Matters, the DC Metro DSA’s Washington Socialist, and EducationDive. He holds master’s
degrees in English and in Teaching. @
dylankeithcraig on Twitter.
We shouldn’t assume that union and community efforts will inevitably succumb to corporate co-optation.
Community schools are a way to address the challenges faced by low-income school districts; they also provide a unique opportunity to create bottom-up, democratically controlled school governance.