Radical Scholarship

From that moment on, I was no longer a liberal, a believer in the self-correcting character of American democracy. I was a radical....The situation required not just a new president or new laws, but an uprooting of the old order, the introduction of a new kind of society—cooperative, peaceful, egalitarian.-- Howard Zinn (1994), You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, p. 173

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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Humility: A Lesson Most Needed and Least Often Acknowledged | the becoming radical

Humility: A Lesson Most Needed and Least Often Acknowledged | the becoming radical
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Schools Matter @ the Chalk Face: Education as the Great Equalizer: “More Myth than Reality” | National Education Policy Center

Schools Matter @ the Chalk Face: Education as the Great Equalizer: “More Myth than Reality” | National Education Policy Center
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Education Done To, For, or With Students? | 3D Eye

Education Done To, For, or With Students? | 3D Eye
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Thursday, July 25, 2013

“The Deliberately Silenced, or the Preferably Unheard” | the becoming radical

“The Deliberately Silenced, or the Preferably Unheard” | the becoming radical
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Education as the Great Equalizer: “More Myth than Reality” – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

Education as the Great Equalizer: “More Myth than Reality” – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE
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Monday, July 22, 2013

NYT’s Foul Tip on Paul Vallas | the becoming radical

NYT’s Foul Tip on Paul Vallas | the becoming radical
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What Would James Baldwin Do (Say, Write)?

What Would James Baldwin Do (Say, Write)?
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Friday, July 19, 2013

Columbia, SC: Thomas: Kids Count data remind us SC’s chief education problem isn’t in the schools | Opinion Columns | The State

Columbia, SC: Thomas: Kids Count data remind us SC’s chief education problem isn’t in the schools | Opinion Columns | The State
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

What Would James Baldwin Do (Say, Write)? |

What Would James Baldwin Do (Say, Write)? |
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What Would James Baldwin Do (Say, Write)? | the becoming radical

What Would James Baldwin Do (Say, Write)? | the becoming radical
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NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education

NPE News Briefs ← from The Network for Public Education
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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Paul Thomas: Why Education Does Not Trump Poverty | Diane Ravitch's blog

Paul Thomas: Why Education Does Not Trump Poverty | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical | The Sharing Tree

Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical | The Sharing Tree
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Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical | MI Public Ed

Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical | MI Public Ed
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Radical Scholarship: The ‘Educational’ Value of Being Born Rich | National Education Policy Center

Radical Scholarship: The ‘Educational’ Value of Being Born Rich | National Education Policy Center
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Monday, July 15, 2013

The 'educational' value of being born rich | TwentyfourSevenHeadlines: Breaking Local, National, World & Sports News

The 'educational' value of being born rich | TwentyfourSevenHeadlines: Breaking Local, National, World & Sports News
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The ‘educational’ value of being born rich

The ‘educational’ value of being born rich
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Sunday, July 14, 2013

Racism Built into the System to Mask Racism – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

Racism Built into the System to Mask Racism – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE
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Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs

Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs
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Social Justice? – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE

Social Justice? – SCHOOLS MATTER @ THE CHALK FACE
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Saturday, July 13, 2013

Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical

Kids Count on Public Education, Not Grit or “No Excuses” | the becoming radical
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Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight

Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Radical Scholarship: Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | National Education Policy Center

Radical Scholarship: Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | National Education Policy Center
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Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs

Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs
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Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | the becoming radical

Blinded by the Stereotype Spotlight | the becoming radical
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Monday, July 8, 2013

Clarifying Common Core Compromise (part 2) | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs

Clarifying Common Core Compromise (part 2) | the becoming radical ← NPE News Briefs
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Sunday, July 7, 2013

remnant 26: nerd intuition, soulmates, & the Fountain of Youth | DISCOURSE as quilting

remnant 26: nerd intuition, soulmates, & the Fountain of Youth | DISCOURSE as quilting
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Clarifying Common Core Compromise (part 2) | the becoming radical

Clarifying Common Core Compromise (part 2) | the becoming radical
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Saturday, July 6, 2013

My Common Core Compromise | the becoming radical

My Common Core Compromise | the becoming radical
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Friday, July 5, 2013

Paul Thomas Invites You to Help Compile Arne Duncan’s Reading List | Diane Ravitch's blog

Paul Thomas Invites You to Help Compile Arne Duncan’s Reading List | Diane Ravitch's blog
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PROPOSAL: The Arne Duncan Reader | National Education Policy Center

PROPOSAL: The Arne Duncan Reader | National Education Policy Center
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The Foolish Bureaucracy of Education Reform – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

The Foolish Bureaucracy of Education Reform – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
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PROPOSAL: The Arne Duncan Reader | @ The Chalk Face knows Schools Matter ← NPE News Briefs

PROPOSAL: The Arne Duncan Reader | @ The Chalk Face knows Schools Matter ← NPE News Briefs
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Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”: Allegory of Privilege | the becoming radical

Le Guin’s “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”: Allegory of Privilege | the becoming radical
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Thursday, July 4, 2013

PROPOSAL: The Arne Duncan Reader – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

PROPOSAL: The Arne Duncan Reader – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Anthony Cody: Accountability Begins at the Top | Diane Ravitch's blog

Anthony Cody: Accountability Begins at the Top | Diane Ravitch's blog
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Charter Schools, the Invisible Hand, and Gutless Political Leadership

Charter Schools, the Invisible Hand, and Gutless Political Leadership
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Enduring Cartoon Versions Driving Education Reform – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Enduring Cartoon Versions Driving Education Reform – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
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Monday, July 1, 2013

Accountability? Start at the Top – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER

Accountability? Start at the Top – @ THE CHALK FACE knows SCHOOLS MATTER
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Ignoring Poverty in the U.S.: The Corporate Takeover of Public Education

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CALLS for Proposals/ Submissions

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Eugene V. Debs

"...I recognized my kinship with all living beings, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on earth. I said then, and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."

Regenerating the Philosophy of Education

Regenerating the Philosophy of Education

Challenging Genres: Comics and Graphic Novels

Challenging Genres: Comics and Graphic Novels

Parental Choice?

Parental Choice?

21st Century Literacy

21st Century Literacy
If We Are Scripted, Are We Literate?

Confronting the Text, Confronting the World

Confronting the Text, Confronting the World
Series @ Peter Lang USA

Scholarly Publications

  • "No damn cat, and no damn cradle”: The Fundamental Flaws in Fundamentalism According to Vonnegut
  • Comics [entry], Boy Culture
  • Competition: A Multidisciplinary Analysis
  • Links and PDFs of publications
  • Of Rocks and Hard Places—The Challenge of Maxine Greene’s “Mystification” in Teacher Education
  • Orwellian Educational Change under Obama: Crisis Discourse, Utopian Expectations, and Accountability Failures
  • Shifting from Deficit to Generative Practices
  • Still Home (Hub City Writers Project)
  • The Cult of Prescription--Or, a Student Ain't no Slobbering Dog
  • The Futility and Failure of Flawed Goals: efficiency education as smoke and mirrors
  • The Payne of Addressing Race and Poverty in Public Education (Souls, available to subscribers only)
  • Universal Public Education—Our (Contradictory) Missions

Followers

Writers as Teachers of Writing

  • Fox Valley Writing Project: Teaching Grammar in Context
  • Apologies to Sandra Cisneros, Maja Wilson

Writing Organizations and Sites of Interest to Writers

  • Hub City Writers Project (Spartanburg, SC)
  • National Writing Project
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What Writers Believe. . .

  • 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer
  • Amy Tan, Mother Tongue
  • Ernest Hemingway, Nobel Prize Speech (1954)
  • George Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1945)
  • George Orwell, Why I Write (1947)
  • John Gardner lecture at Chautauqua, NY (1982)
  • Joyce Carol Oates, From "To a Young Writer" (2003)
  • Kurt Vonnegut, On Science Fiction (1965)
  • Steve Martin, Writing Is Easy
  • Tim O'Brien, Brown University (1999)
  • Tim O'Brien, Telling Tails" (The Atlantic)
  • Toni Morrison, Nobel Lecture
  • William Faulkner audio at UVA

NCTE National Gallery of Writing

NCTE National Gallery of Writing
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