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Monday, November 11, 2013

11-11-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University)

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University):


Is Mainstream Media Hiring from Write for America?
Is Mainstream Media Hiring from Write for America? via Is Mainstream Media Hiring from Write for America?.

Test and Punish Moratorium: “I Won’t be Ignored!” – @ THE CHALK FACE
Test and Punish Moratorium: “I Won’t be Ignored!” – @ THE CHALK FACE

Kurt Vonnegut’s Children’s Crusade: Kindness
In a 2004 Paris Review interview, Haruki Murakami explained: I liked to read Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan while I was a college student. They had a sense of humor, and at the same time what they were writing about was serious. I like those kind of books. The first time I read Vonnegut and Brautigan I was shocked to find that there were such books! It was like discovering the New World. Mura


Kurt Vonnegut’s Children’s Crusade: Kindness | the becoming radical
Kurt Vonnegut’s Children’s Crusade: Kindness | the becoming radical
At the Chalk Face: The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement | National Education Policy Center
At the Chalk Face: The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement | National Education Policy Center

The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement | joaquin's dilemmas
The Poverty Trap: Slack, Not Grit, Creates Achievement | joaquin's dilemmas
remnant 39: “Lou Reed was massively important to ‘Island of Misfit Toys’ kids” | DISCOURSE as quilting
remnant 39: “Lou Reed was massively important to ‘Island of Misfit Toys’ kids” | DISCOURSE as quilting


remnant 39: “Lou Reed was massively important to ‘Island of Misfit Toys’ kids”
remnant 39: “Lou Reed was massively important to ‘Island of Misfit Toys’ kids”.


11-9-13 Radical Scholarship
Radical Scholarship:From Spellings to Duncan: Using NAEP as Policy PropagandaWhile Secretary of Education (2005-2009), Margaret Spellings announced that a jump of 7 points in NAEP reading scores from 1999-2005 was proof No Child Left Behind was working. The problem, however, was in the details: During President George W. Bush’s tenure, NCLB was a corner stone of his agenda, and when then-Secretary