EDU 111—Perspectives on American Education

“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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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”: Allegory of Privilege

Incomes matter more than test scores for college completion | State of Working America

PISA Test Results Through the Lens of Poverty

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Language Magazine » Need Children Read ‘Proficiently’ by Grade Three?

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Study Refutes Congressman Paul Ryan's Claims About Upward Mobility | Center for Media and Democracy

Martin Luther King, Jr: Where Do We Go From Here? (1967)

The Case Against Grades

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Occupy Wall Street's Battle Against American-Style Authoritarianism | Truthout

School Choice For The ‘Feral Underclass’ -- In These Times

Miseducation and the New Slavery | Ceasefire Magazine

Poverty Eliminated!

Thomas: Don’t jump from NCLB to more of the same - Editorial Columns - TheState.com

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

It's Ok to Be Neither

Stan Karp's Speech at NWTSJ, October 2011

Education Week Teacher Professional Development Sourcebook: Keeping Special Ed in Proportion