Let the children persuade
Two decades ago, during a brief stint working in a teacher preparation program, I got to know a...
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Tag: February 2021
Adam Laats recommends The Creationists
The Creationists: From Scientific Creationism to Intelligent Design, Expanded Edition by Ronald...
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Anthony Farag recommends An Indigenous People’s History of the United States
An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Beacon Press, 2014). ...
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Lois Beardslee recommends Jim Crow’s Children
Jim Crow’s Children: The Broken Promise of the Brown Decision by Peter Irons (Viking, 2002;...
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An eternal monkey trial? Evolution and creationism in U.S. schools
Although the debate about how to teach about the world’s origins seems to never end, the terms of...
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Big ideas for a new day
The poet Thomas Fuller is credited for the expression “It is always darkest just before the...
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An opportunity framework for career pathway programs
Over the last several years, America’s education policy makers have rediscovered the value of...
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Old ideas, not new ones, are the key to education — and democracy
Protecting public education requires us to return to the ideals on which our country was founded. ...
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Chaos at Sacré Coeur
I used inkpen for this artwork because I wanted to experiment with a new medium, and I thought...
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H_NGM_N: What one says, and doesn’t say, to white educators
I am a Native American who lives in the northwestern part of Lower Michigan, adjacent to a...
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Empowering students for social action in social studies
Building students’ social-emotional and citizenship skills will enable them to take action on...
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Pandemic offers opportunity to reduce standardized testing
For the last 20 years, the world of public education has loved to debate the value of standardized...
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