I wrote a piece for GOOD Magazine a little while ago. The first sentence is as follows: Our public education system, with all of its admitted flaws, manages to nurture the vast majority of young people, many of whom go on to be hugely successful. Pretty intuitive statement, kind of commonsense, no? Well, there’s a […]
Article by yours truly is up and ready at @GOOD. So yeah, what about those prep schools?
February 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
A bold example of #school segregation, from a 13 year old in NY
March 2, 2012 By 1 Comment
An essay from an 8th grader in Rochester, NY makes a compelling argument about civil rights and education in the US: Williams wrote that overcrowded, poorly managed classrooms prevent real learning from happening and thus produces the same results as Mr. Auld’s outright ban. She wrote that her white teachers—the vast majority of Rochester students […]
#Occupy the #classroom
October 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I agree with the sentiments here in an online article from Good. Occupy the classroom. So, it’s an ethos, right? Many teachers are protesting the direction education is heading, but we need a broader Occupy the Classroom movement to help us become the true leaders of our profession. Teachers as a whole don’t occupy—they are preoccupied. In English, […]
The Good, Racist People has key parallels to the inherent racism of #edreform
A really, really compelling opinion piece from the NYT on the everyday racism and prejudice expressed by apparent “good people.” This might have to do with education reform measures, as the author already mentioned redlining, blockbusting, and gentrification as part of prejudicial urban renewal: I am trying to imagine a white president forced to show […]