Giving up on School: Student Dropouts and Teacher Burnouts

Students aren't just dropping out of school, they're dumping it. Teachers aren't just quitting, they're running. Each group may blame the other, but they're running from the same problems, not from each other. Both are victims of the alienation process that prevails in schools and is cultivated by conditions within the school, the community, and society at large.

The number of ex-students and ex-teachers is shocking, but even larger numbers remain behind, tuned out and burned out, feeling hel…