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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

2-26-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD

the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University):







The Content of a Free Reading Program (1937)
The Content of a Free Reading Program (1937).

Crisis In Education!
CRISIS IN EDUCATION!.

“Hunting Scapegoats”: WWII Literacy Crisis and Current Education Reform
“Historians often mention World War II as a time when expectations for schooling and literacy really took off,” explains Deborah Brandt, “when what was considered an adequate level of education moved from fourth grade to twelfth grade in a matter of a few years” (p. 485). National concerns about literacy can be traced to literacy tests for soldiers in WWI, when 25% of recruits were deemed illitera


2-25-14 the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness by P. L. Thomas, EdD
the becoming radical | A Place for a Pedagogy of Kindness (the public and scholarly writing by P. L. Thomas, Furman University): What Shall We Do About Reading Today? (1942)What Shall We Do About Reading Today? (1942).1 by plthomasedd / 9min hide  //  saveRalph Ellison, a Century: From Unseen to MisseenWith his Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison’s narrator announced on the first page: “I am invisible, u