EDU 111—Perspectives on American Education: 10/20/11

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Living & Learning in Poverty: Paul Gorski to speak at FU on poverty

Living & Learning in Poverty: Paul Gorski to speak at Furman University on pover...: A Cultural Life Program on poverty will be sponsored by the Furman University chapter of the NAACP this coming WEDNESDAY October 26 in McEa...

“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)

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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Living & Learning in Poverty: Paul Gorski to speak at FU on poverty