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Saturday, October 19, 2013

Author Neil Gaiman for U.S. education secretary?

Author Neil Gaiman for U.S. education secretary?:

Author Neil Gaiman for U.S. education secretary?

Neil Gaiman. (Artwork by Michael Cavna)
Neil Gaiman. (Artwork by Michael Cavna)
Neil Gaiman is the terrific award-winning British author of short fiction, comic books, graphic novels, audio theater, films and novels for various ages, including StardustAmericans Gods and Coraline, and the The Graveyard Book.  Who would think that this man would be a good choice for U.S. education secretary?  Paul Thomas, an associate professor of education at Furman University in South Carolina, does, and in this post he explains.  The full version of the post can be found on his blog,The Becoming Radical.

Some people view the world differently than others.
Some people view education and schools differently than others.
Some people view children, books, and libraries differently than others.  And then there is Neil Gaiman.
I am offering Neil Gaiman as the next secretary of education in the United States—and