[kilroy_jones]

That statement is taken way out of context. The full quote is below.

>The best teachers don’t just keep teaching. Instead, they use their pedagogy as protest: They disrupt teaching norms that harm vulnerable students. In my years in the classroom since 2001, I’ve learned something about how to do this. I call it reality pedagogy, because it’s about reaching students where they really are, making sure that their lives and backgrounds are reflected in the curriculum and in classroom conversations.

Basically this comes down to teaching to your audience, not blandly regurgitating content. It's recognizing that changes in that curriculum and school materials can move too slow to reflect research and reality.