The Myopic Menace of Order
White man got no dreaming,
Him go 'nother way.
White man, him go different.
Him got road belong himself.
I have never been able to discover any Aboriginal word for time as an abstract concept. And the sense of 'history' is wholly alien here....
...The Dreaming conjures up the notion of a sacred, heroic time of the indefinitely remote past, such a time is also, in a sense, still part of the present. One cannot 'fix' The Dreaming in time: it was, and is, everywhen....
Clearly, The Dreaming is many things in one. Among them, a kind of narrative to things that once happened; a
Him go 'nother way.
White man, him go different.
Him got road belong himself.
I have never been able to discover any Aboriginal word for time as an abstract concept. And the sense of 'history' is wholly alien here....
...The Dreaming conjures up the notion of a sacred, heroic time of the indefinitely remote past, such a time is also, in a sense, still part of the present. One cannot 'fix' The Dreaming in time: it was, and is, everywhen....
Clearly, The Dreaming is many things in one. Among them, a kind of narrative to things that once happened; a
What Happens If the Billionaires Boys Club Takes Over Los Angeles Schools?
Educators have grown increasingly concerned that the "Billionaires Boys Club's" plan for test-driven "reform" of schools is more than misguided. Basically, it advocates "disruptive innovation" to destroy the "status quo" and so that schools can overcome the legacies of poverty. So many of their theories are so silly that many teachers worry that their real plan is to privatize schools.
On one hand, I respect the careful scholarship of Sarah Reckhow, who has documented the edu-philanthropists' strategy of "convergence" or their coordination of funding. She worries about the consequences of that trend, as she expresses concerns that they join together to pursue policies that are not well-grounded in research. But, her "Philanthropy Critique Can Obscure Key Differences" suggests that some are exaggerating the dangers of billionaires banding together.
On the other hand, the outcomes of two California disputes could pose a threat to the democratic governance of
On one hand, I respect the careful scholarship of Sarah Reckhow, who has documented the edu-philanthropists' strategy of "convergence" or their coordination of funding. She worries about the consequences of that trend, as she expresses concerns that they join together to pursue policies that are not well-grounded in research. But, her "Philanthropy Critique Can Obscure Key Differences" suggests that some are exaggerating the dangers of billionaires banding together.
On the other hand, the outcomes of two California disputes could pose a threat to the democratic governance of