Evidence that evidence doesn't matter

Despite decades of overwhelming research to the contrary, political and public support remains for corporal punishment and grade retention. See below:

Keeping children back a year doesn’t help them read better

Grade retention research compiled

There is no debate about hitting children – it’s just wrong

Standards May Achieve Equality, But Not Equity

Standards May Achieve Equality, But Not Equity

School choice lessons for Charleston @postandcourier

School choice lessons for Charleston – Post and Courier

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Demonizing the Poor

Demonizing the Poor

A Poverty-Class Academic’s Guide to Getting It Done … Whatever “It” Is

A Poverty-Class Academic’s Guide to Getting It Done … Whatever “It” Is (part 2)

Confessions Of A Poverty-Class Academic-In-Training (part 1)

“A generalized crisis in relation to all the environments of enclosure”: Deleuze

“A generalized crisis in relation to all the environments of enclosure”: Deleuze

More on Critical Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, and the Other: “Critical pedagogy wants to know who’s indoctrinating whom”

More on Critical Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, and the Other: “Critical pedagogy wants to know who’s indoctrinating whom”

Homework could have an impact on kids' health. Should schools ban it?

Homework could have an impact on kids' health. Should schools ban it?

The Vulnerable Poor, Matt Bruenig

The Vulnerable Poor, Matt Bruenig

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The Working Poor, Matt Bruenig

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jonathan Kozol on Writing and Books

Jonathan Kozol on Writing and Books

Left Behind: The unintended consequences of school choice

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