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Thursday, June 12, 2014

6-12-14 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):







Notes on a Theory: This Day in History: Loving v. Virginia
This Day in History: Loving v. Virginia See Also LOVING v. VIRGINIA, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) The Loving Story (HBO) Loving v. Virginia in a Post-Racial World: Rethinking Race, Sex, and Marriage, Kevin Noble Maillard and Rose Cuison Villazor, Eds.


What We Tolerate (and for Whom) v. What the Rich Demand: On Teacher Quality
Two of the best teachers and education advocates I respect and listen to carefully, Nancy Flanagan and Susan Ohanian, had an important exchange on Twitter recently: “Vergara ruling rhetoric stern & memorable stuff, directly frm playbook of deep-pocket advocacy groups bankrolling it” http://t.co/apY9PRKXD8 — nancyflanagan (@nancyflanagan) June 12, 2014 @nancyflanagan I don’t like Goldstein’s em
Meditating on Teacher Unions and Tenure Post-Vergaras
[Reposting from Truthout as a response to the Vergaras ruling in California to dismantle tenure. See also Adam Bessie's A Tale of Two Vergaras: Of Stardom and the End of Teacher Tenure.] Howard Zinn would have turned 90 a couple of days ago [24 August 2012]. I have to imagine after reading and re-reading most of Zinn’s works that if Zinn were alive today, he would remain baffled at how America is


6-11-14 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): This Week in “Please Shut Up”: Arne DuncanThis Week in “Please Shut Up” should have been aimed at George Will and that he really needs to shut up about rape. But, instead, let’s look at Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who has held forth on the Vergaras ruling in Calif