The “Grit” Narrative, “Grit” Research, and Codes that Blind
The answer to Grant Lichtman’s Does “Grit” Need Deeper Discussion? appears to be an unequivocal yes—based on the exchange in the blog post comments, the Twitter conversations, and comments at my blogs on “grit.” Those conversations have been illuminating for me; therefore, I want here to address several excellent ideas that have been generated. First, I want to make a distinction that I think I ha
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the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): SOTU 2014: Orwellian Educational Change under Obama ContinuesOrwellian Educational Change under Obama: Crisis Discourse, Utopian Expectations, and Accountability Failures Paul L. Thomas Furman University “It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English langu