EDU 111—Perspectives on American Education: August 2015

Left Behind: The unintended consequences of school choice (The Post and Courier, Charleston, SC)

“Arts of the Possible,” Adrienne Rich (2001)

Universal public education has two possible—and contradictory—missions. One is the development of a literate, articulate, and well-informed citizenry so that the democratic process can continue to evolve and the promise of radical equality can be brought closer to realization. The other is the perpetuation of a class system dividing an elite, nominally “gifted” few, tracked from an early age, from a very large underclass essentially to be written off as alienated from language and science, from poetry and politics, from history and hope—toward low-wage temporary jobs. The second is the direction our society has taken. The results are devastating in terms of the betrayal of a generation of youth. The loss to the whole of society is incalculable. (p. 162)

EDU 111—Perspectives on American Education

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Monday, August 31, 2015

August 31, 1837: Emerson’s Superb Speech on the Life of the Mind, the Art of Creative Reading, and the Building Blocks of Genius

Thursday, August 27, 2015

10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools — Everyday Feminism

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT OF K-12 SCHOOL SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION ON BLACK STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN STATES

One alarming map shows what today’s school ‘reformers’ are missing

Friday, August 21, 2015

Jonathan Kozol on Writing and Books

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Left Behind: The unintended consequences of school choice

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Teaching Machines and Turing Machines: The History of the Future of Labor and Learning