Radical Scholarship:
Author Neil Gaiman for U.S. education secretary?.
Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much, Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir Having bought Scarcity several weeks ago, I have finally begun reading, and while I anticipate using this work in my scholarship and blogging once I have finished, I feel compelled to offer some evolving thoughts as I read. My interest in the book is grounded in my own work on the relationship between poverty/affl
Who Should Listen to Melinda Gates about Education?
Who Should Listen to Melinda Gates about Education?.
OCT 17
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders
Consider two maps—one using data from the 1860 Census and one focusing on public schools in 2011: [1860; click to enlarge] [2011; click to enlarge] “A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first time in at least four decades, according to a new study that details a demographic shift with broad implications for the country,” explains
Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: “Things can be different”
Some people view the world differently than others. Some people view education and schools differently than others. Some people view children, books, and libraries differently than others. And then there is Neil Gaiman. I have been a staunch defender of public education, writing often against the negative consequences of Common Core (especially as related to literacy instruction) and doggedly resi
OCT 16
Recommended: Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies?
Especially in the context of President Barack Obama’s education agenda—one that builds on the failed No Child Left Behind template begun under President George W. Bush—and against claims that teachers must earn their place at the education reform agenda, Whose Knowledge Counts in Government Literacy Policies? (Routledge, 2014)—edited by Kenneth S. Goodman, Robert C. Calfee, and Yetta M. Goodman—i
OCT 15
Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving?
A common practice for introducing students to the ethical foundation of philosophy is to pose moral dilemmas, possibly the most typical example being the life-boat dilemma that forces a person to choose who lives, and thus who dies. Science fiction (SF) and speculative fiction often build entire other worlds in which the given circumstances create a series of moral dilemmas that are the basis of t
OCT 14
OCT 13
Is Learning to Read Natural?
I need to offer as few clarifications since my recent post on how the teaching of reading has been historically corrupted by the influence of reading programs. The motivation of the clarification comes from a comment posted by KenS.* First, my literacy teaching for the past thirty years does rest on a controversial concept—that grammatical knowledge is essentially biological (see Pinker and Chomsk
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as “Costume Parties”
Well into my 30s and during my doctoral program, I was finally afforded the opportunity to read carefully the work of John Dewey. This late scholarship on my part is an indictment of teacher certification, but it is also a window into the historical and current misinformation about the state of reading and the teaching of reading in U.S. schools. Dewey, the Father of Progressive Education, I disco
remnant 34: Orwell “loved his country and its working people”
remnant 34: Orwell “loved his country and its working people”.
Who Should Listen to Melinda Gates about Education? – @ THE CHALK FACE
Who Should Listen to Melinda Gates about Education? – @ THE CHALK FACE
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | Transparent Christina
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | Transparent Christina
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | the new century educator
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | the new century educator
YESTERDAY
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs
Ignoring the New Majority: Education Reform behind Blinders | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs
First In-School Reform? Teacher Autonomy | Schools Matter ← NPE News Briefs
First In-School Reform? Teacher Autonomy | Schools Matter ← NPE News Briefs
OCT 17
First In-School Reform? Teacher Autonomy – @ THE CHALK FACE
First In-School Reform? Teacher Autonomy – @ THE CHALK FACE
Schools Matter: First In-School Reform? Teacher Autonomy
Schools Matter: First In-School Reform? Teacher Autonomy
Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: “Things can be different” | the becoming radical
Neil Gaiman Should Be U.S. Secretary of Education: “Things can be different” | the becoming radical
More Common Core in the Real World (or at Least Florida) | Public School Shakedown
More Common Core in the Real World (or at Least Florida) | Public School Shakedown
OCT 15
Radical Scholarship: Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving? | National Education Policy Center
Radical Scholarship: Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving? | National Education Policy Center
Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving? | the becoming radical
Aren’t All Children Equally Deserving? | the becoming radical
OCT 13
Is Learning to Read Natural? | the becoming radical
Is Learning to Read Natural? | the becoming radical
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as “Costume Parties” | the becoming radical
Teaching Reading and Children: Reading Programs as “Costume Parties” | the becoming radical
remnant 34: Orwell “loved his country and its working people” | DISCOURSE as quilting
remnant 34: Orwell “loved his country and its working people” | DISCOURSE as quilting
