Review of Kirk Branch, “Eyes on the Ought to Be: What We Teach About When We Teach About Literacy” by David Stock
The title and thesis of Branch’s book-“eyes on the ought to be”-come from Myles Horton (1905-1990), an American educator and activist who established with fellow educator activist Don West the Highlander Folk School in Monteagle, Tennessee.Highlander is one of three sites of nontraditional adult education Branch examines to illustrate ideological and material consequences of educational…