Critical Theories in Education
Meant to write this at the end of February, but… Acquired in February: John Mellencamp Freedom’s Road John Hammond Push Comes to Shove Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush Real Live! Ali Farke Toure Savane Heavy rotation for February: Keene Brothers Blues and Boogie Shoes Sloan Never Hear the End of It Perry’s Picks for 2006 […]
Here’s a New York Times piece by Patti Smith reflecting on her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…a well deserved accolade! The New York Times March 12, 2007 Op-Ed Contributor Ain’t It Strange? By PATTI SMITH ON a cold morning in 1955, walking to Sunday school, I was drawn to the voice […]
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This promises to be a great conference. We have a terrific group made up of some of the most prominent people in the anti-war, inclusive education, and anti-high stakes test movement in North America. In addition, we combine young, middle, and old, people from three continents, k12 educators, profs, students, and community workers. The Rouge […]
Via the Rock and Rap listserv: The Raw Story: Legendary folk guitarist Richard Thompson records anti-war song from viewpoint of ‘grunt’ article excerpt: “Lately at concerts he’s been singing a song in protest against the Iraq war titled ‘Dad’s Gonna Kill Me,’” Goldstein writes. “‘Dad,’ Thompson explains to audiences, is grunt-speak for ‘Baghdad,’ much as […]
Heavy rotation for January: Tom Waits Orphans Vince Gill These Days Keene Brothers Blues and Boogie Shoes Sloan Never Hear the End of It Nighmares on Wax In a Space Outta Sound Todd Snider: That Was Me and The Devil You Know Tommy Guerrero Wayne’s Favorites of 2006 (Vols 1-2) Hey I realize I’m no […]
James Brown died this morning in Atlanta’s Emory Crawford Long Hospital from complications from pneumonia. The New York Times obituary by Jon Parelles. Photo gallery from The New York Times. It’s Star Time—Watch the “Hardest Working Man in Show Business”: “Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag” “Sex Machine” “I Feel Good” This is the famous […]
San Francisco Chronicle: One for the books — tutoring gets outsourced Fifth-grader Kevin Chen studies math in his living room in Alameda every week with his tutor, Syeda Nikath Sumaiya — who works from her home in Seoul. In the latest incarnation of outsourcing, overseas tutors are teaching U.S. students math, science, English and social […]
If you don’t like what RateMyTeacher.com or RateMyProfessor.com as done for the image of educators, get ready for the YouTube effect. Inside Higher Ed reports on the boring lectures, sleeping students, and lecture hall pranks that have been posted to the very popular web site where people post videos of just about anything. Be sure […]
This is a development that many opponents of standards-based reforms (which rely on high-stakes testing) predicted at the dawn of the movement during the George H. W. Bush administration. The US Department of Education’s Higher Education Commission is laying the groundwork for NCLB-like, standards-based reform of post-secondary education, including, perhaps, individual tracking of college and […]
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