What’s Wrong with Teacher Education?
I belong to two communities that are central to my life—educators and cyclists. So when a cyclist and friend sent me an article on the importance of how cyclists conduct themselves as groups on the roads, I was struck by the opening quote included by the writer, Richard Fries: “We have met the enemy and he is us.” –Walt Kelly, Pogo Immediately, the spirit of the article—many times motorist antag
From Baldwin to Coates: Denying Racism, Ignoring Evidence
I have offered two posts confronting a pattern in the U.S. of denying racism (usually arguing class instead) despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary: Denying Racism Has an Evidence Problem The Mistrial of Jordan Davis: More Evidence Problems for Denying Racism As a third post, I invite you to read and view James Baldwin and Ta-Nehisi Coates*: Is James Baldwin America’s Greatest Essayist?,
James Baldwin: Challenging Authors (final cover)
James Baldwin: Challenging Authors A. Scott Henderson and P. L. Thomas, editors Furman University Sense Publishers Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres Original Art by Roy Thinnes
3-19-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): Reading Out of Context: “But there was something missing,” Walter Dean Myersac·a·dem·ic: adjective \a-kə-ˈde-mik\ having no practical importance; not involving or relating to anything real or practical. ### Currently, I have three seniors on track to certify as secondary