tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560461147182508952024-03-04T23:48:23.244-05:00Radical ScholarshipFrom 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. 173P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.comBlogger1464125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-87265257284035388462014-06-09T11:25:00.002-04:002014-06-09T11:27:38.038-04:00ANNOUNCEMENT!As of 11:24 am 9 June 2014, I am no longer updating this blog site.<br />
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This blog will remain active for searching, but I have decided not to continue posting new links here. Thank you for following, visiting, and (I hope) joining me at the new blog.P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-84179342357193963012014-06-09T10:08:00.001-04:002014-06-09T10:08:10.109-04:00Listening to a Teacher from a "No Excuses" Charter School<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/06/09/listening-to-a-teacher-from-a-no-excuses-charter-school/">Listening to a Teacher from a "No Excuses" Charter School</a>P. L. 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Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-36013389760723734432014-06-05T14:49:00.002-04:002014-06-05T14:49:26.260-04:00Insurance and the Common Good<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/06/05/insurance-and-the-common-good/">Insurance and the Common Good</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-59651334600467347362014-06-03T09:22:00.003-04:002014-06-03T09:22:34.834-04:00Education in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/06/03/education-in-black-and-white-beware-the-roadbuilders/">Education in Black and White: Beware the Roadbuilders</a>P. L. 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Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-74394219398574270242014-05-28T09:10:00.002-04:002014-05-28T09:10:30.796-04:00If The Onion Gets It ... : "when the mist distorts the outline of the cypress trees"<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/28/if-the-onion-gets-it-when-the-mist-distorts-the-outline-of-the-cypress-trees/">If The Onion Gets It ... : "when the mist distorts the outline of the cypress trees"</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-27514017785637270042014-05-27T07:57:00.002-04:002014-05-27T07:57:57.316-04:00What's Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/whats-really-wrong-with-advanced-placement-courses-and-college-board/">What's Really Wrong with Advanced Placement Courses and College Board?</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-64067062259071860782014-05-25T07:48:00.002-04:002014-05-25T07:48:34.433-04:00Misreading the Never-Ending Drop-Out "Crisis"<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/25/misreading-the-never-ending-drop-out-crisis/">Misreading the Never-Ending Drop-Out "Crisis"</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-50401805510579811672014-05-22T12:16:00.002-04:002014-05-22T12:16:23.398-04:00REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/review-an-untamed-state-roxane-gay/">REVIEW: An Untamed State, Roxane Gay</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-41819218875959754722014-05-22T09:03:00.003-04:002014-05-22T09:03:15.382-04:00Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/segregation-not-about-proximity-but-equity/">Segregation not about Proximity, but Equity</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-25628375170204379652014-05-21T08:33:00.004-04:002014-05-21T08:33:50.218-04:00RECOMMENDED: Vonnegut's Graduation Speeches and Drawings<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/21/recommended-vonneguts-graduation-speeches-and-drawings">RECOMMENDED: Vonnegut's Graduation Speeches and Drawings</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-26110704482558234322014-05-20T08:52:00.002-04:002014-05-20T08:52:11.978-04:00Post-apocalyptic Mindset in a Civilized World<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/20/post-apocalyptic-mindset-in-a-civilized-world/">Post-apocalyptic Mindset in a Civilized World</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-5195970675550406452014-05-18T10:13:00.002-04:002014-05-18T10:13:29.989-04:00Free Reading Redux<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/free-reading-redux/">Free Reading Redux</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-55769377832166978752014-05-18T08:43:00.002-04:002014-05-18T08:43:56.318-04:00Autonomy Must Precede Accountability<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/18/autonomy-must-precede-accountabilty/">Autonomy Must Precede Accountability</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-36379578004121554382014-05-16T08:17:00.002-04:002014-05-16T08:17:56.084-04:00Racial segregation returns to US schools, 60 years after the Supreme Court banned <a href="https://theconversation.com/racial-segregation-returns-to-us-schools-60-years-after-the-supreme-court-banned-it-25850">Racial segregation returns to US schools, 60 years after the Supreme Court banned it </a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-60192210995645469482014-05-15T14:08:00.002-04:002014-05-15T14:08:46.150-04:00My Speech to the Graduates: Don't Listen to Graduation Speakers<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/15/my-speech-to-the-graduates-dont-listen-to-graduation-speakers/">My Speech to the Graduates: Don't Listen to Graduation Speakers</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-68033136354737979642014-05-11T11:00:00.002-04:002014-05-11T11:00:28.473-04:00On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/11/on-foma-and-mendacity-letting-the-cat-out-of-the-bag/">On Foma and Mendacity: Letting the Cat Out of the Bag</a>P. L. Thomashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11104914800533779546noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-156046114718250895.post-53868393626279935122014-05-08T09:11:00.002-04:002014-05-08T09:11:44.762-04:00Once Again, NAEP? Nope: "states and schools have lied about the rigor of their courses"<a href="http://radicalscholarship.wordpress.com/2014/05/08/once-again-naep-nope-states-and-schools-have-lied-about-the-rigor-of-their-courses/">Once Again, NAEP? Nope: "states and schools have lied about the rigor of their courses"</a>P. L. 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