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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

12-11-13 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):






Our Real-World Dystopia
As a science fiction (SF) fan, partial to dystopian SF, and writer, I would have a great novel on my hand if this weren’t simply the way things are. How to create a real-world dystopia: Identify “privilege” as “achievement” using a mechanism that you label “scientific” and “standard.” Use “achievement” to create the authority class. Repeat. Sounds easy, but some may call this outlandish. So let

Schools Matter: Seeking Equity: Not “If,” But “How” and “Why”
Schools Matter: Seeking Equity: Not “If,” But “How” and “Why”: Fiction offers avenues to Truth, often hard Truths, that remain closed or less often traveled otherwise. While many people associate Middle...


12-10-13 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): VAM Fails Test, Again: The Bizarro World of Education ReformThe great state of South Carolina (and for full effect, you should hear that with “great” and “state” rhyming, sort of, with “pet” because that is how the good ol’ boy patriarchy says it around here) continues d