[2] Proponents of the approach have criticized test-taking[2] and prohibitions on cheating,[3] as well as deemphasize traditional literacy and math improvement programs.
[1] Private organizations working under the banner of abolitionist teaching have stirred controversy bringing progressive politics and activism into classrooms, which includes promoting anti-police, anti-capitalism and anti-Zionist viewpoints.
"[3] Some scholars, such as Denise Blum, have argued for a neo-abolitionist pedagogy in educational institutions, a "'third space' to process emotional responses and discuss social positionalities to prevent unproductive feelings of guilt or pity that function to further otherize immigrants.
The abolitionist movement was the worldwide effort to end the trans-Atlantic slave trade and free enslaved peoples from bondage.
Though the trans-Atlantic slave trade is no more, there are many global movements aimed at abolishing unjust systems that are part of the tradition of abolition.
Political activist and scholar Angela Davis' is a major figure in the prison abolition movement, which influences abolitionist teaching.
[15] Freire and his legacy are the cornerstone of the field of Critical Pedagogy,[citation needed] of which abolitionist teaching is a part.