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Loadbang Concert & Recording
Loadbang Concert & Recording This will include music by my friend Peter Kay.
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Grade Retention Research
Grade Retention Research Alexander, K.L., Entwisle, D.R., & Dauber, S.L. (1994). On the success of failure: A reassessment of the effects of retention in the primary grades. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Allensworth, E. M. (2004). Ending Social Promotion: Dropout Rates in Chicago After Implementation of the Eighth-Grade Promotion Gate. Chicago, IL: Consortium for Chicago School Re
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The Conversation UK: Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better
Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better
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remnant 63: “I stopped believing in beautiful words, beautiful slogans, and beautiful theories”
remnant 63: “I stopped believing in beautiful words, beautiful slogans, and beautiful theories”.
Beyond Caricatures: On Dewey, Freire, and Direct Instruction (Again)
A former colleague while we both taught high school in rural South Carolina, Ed Welchel, and I addressed [1] the continuing importance of both John Dewey and Paulo Freire, despite the decrease in requirements for education philosophy in certification and degree programs, in “The Practitioner Has No Clothes: Resisting Practice Divorced from Philosophy in Teacher Education and the Classroom” for Kin
It’s Time to Stop Treating Black and Brown Kids Like ‘Other People’s Children’ | Alternet
It’s Time to Stop Treating Black and Brown Kids Like ‘Other People’s Children’ | Alternet
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On Labor Day 2014
On Labor Day 2014: “Click, Clack, Moo”: Why the 1% Always Wins http://t.co/vkJDHFRzll via @plthomasEdD — Paul Thomas (@plthomasEdD) August 31, 2014 On Labor Day 2014: Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure Post-Vergara http://t.co/iPaFC6dJ4E via @plthomasEdD — Paul Thomas (@plthomasEdD) August 31, 2014 On Labor Day 2014: Unions? We Don’t Need No Stinking Unions http://t.co/1lgj4r3VzI via @plthoma
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NPR Whitewashes Charter Schools and Disaster Capitalism in New Orelans
It was bad enough when NPR whitewashed the “grit” narrative, but now NPR is whitewashing charter schools and disaster capitalism in New Orleans. For context please see: Recommended: Hope Against Hope, Sarah Carr Endgame: Disaster Capitalism, New Orleans, and the Charter Scam More to come …
6 Things White Parents Can Do to Raise Racially Conscious Children
Photograph; iStock Image | First Book. By Bree Ervin | Originally Published at Everyday Feminism and re-published at EmpathyEducates with their permission. August 30, 2014 Talking about race is challenging for many parents, especially White parents. There is a lot of fear and uncertainty about this topic […]
Keeping Children Back a Year Doesn’t Help Them Read Better
Very high stakes. Holtsman, CC BY-NC By Paul Thomas, Ed.D., Furman University | Originally Published at the The Conversation. September 3, 2014 If you’re an eight-year-old living in Charleston, South Carolina, you’re soon going to need to study extra hard at reading. The US state has joined […]
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5 Reasons We All Need to Talk to Kids About Race in America
Photograph Credit: Chicago Parent By Bree Ervin | Originally Published at Everyday Feminism and re-published at EmpathyEducates with their permission. August 23, 2014. “I don’t see color — I just see people.” “I want to raise my children to treat everyone the same.” “If we stopped pointing […]
Why ‘Funny Kid Shaming’ Isn’t Really Funny
Photograph; Teenage girl (16-18) sitting by laptop, woman in background. A mother? A stranger? What is the relationship and if the girl is shamed what will she think? By Vicki Hoefle | Originally Published at Huffington Post. august 21, 2014 2:11 PM We live in a society […]
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California Teacher Tenure Case Appeal Spices Up Political Debate
Photograph Credit; Los Angeles Times. By
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Here’s the New Meme for White People
One big happy family.Shutterstock By Christian Lander } Originally Published at Quartz. August 29, 2014 A few years ago, I wrote about white people and their love of “awareness” on my blog Stuff White People Like. The post talked about how white people loved awareness because it […]
