Preventing Arson Instead of Putting Out Fires
What do the allegory of the river, the science fiction film In Time, and a mainstream examination of living in poverty by an economist and a psychologist reveal for those of us seeking the next phase in our resistance of the education reform agenda in the U.S.? We need to pull back from a thousand individual examples of how political, media, and public claims about education are failing children a
GreenvilleOnline: SC should choose Oklahoma, not Florida
SC should choose Oklahoma, not Florida [1] What do third-grade retention policies based on reading tests and charter schools have in common? First, they have a great deal of public and political support. But, second, the research base on these policies has shown repeatedly that they do more to fail students than to achieve any of the lofty goals advocates claim. South Carolina is a typical example
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THE BECOMING RADICALEMPATHYEDUCATES!the becoming radical A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by “Education as Great Equalizer” Deforming Myth, Not RealityIn the Seinfeld episode “The Hamptons,” viewers watch yet another clash between the essentially soulless main characters as they interact with the very white and privileged “real world” surrounding them in the sitcom. The crux of this episode rev