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Apologies for the delay
Dear Reader, I apologize for the long delays between wikiness postings. My personal communications now tend to be emails and tweets. I am on the Internet daily, but usually not for myself. My online work is for my employers’ goals–research and curriculum-building to help kids develop literacy skills. I am very grateful to be paid…
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Asking the right questions, getting the wrong anwers
May the herd stay safe from the likes of these. “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheepʼs clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.” (Matt. 7:15) The current wolves-in-sheeps-clothing I’ve got my eye on are the privatizing “education reformers” who ask such correct questions in the public space that no one in…
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One response to our first black President's DNC speech
speaking last night at the DNC closing.The African-American girl came in late to this morning’s Assessment class, un-excused, but so what. J- sat down and asked if I saw the Democratic Convention last night, and I told her yes, I had. She glowed with enthusiasm. “What did you like best?” I asked her.She was disappointed with my…
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Review–Nickel History: City of Heat
Tony Fitzpatrick is a creator whose visual art I’ve enjoyed for almost twenty five years (check out his website to see his funky style). He has turned into a good writer, too, as this column from New City demonstrates). His storytelling has been something I’ve appreciated, too, since back in the 80s and 90s when…
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Paterno story brings up issues in US public schools
thank you, Luis Valdes for mage http://www.squidoo.com/valdes It sounds like a parody, but it’s true: in the wake of the Penn State pedophile investigation, the Joe Paterno Child Care center will be re-named by Nike, who know how to back winners and swoosh away from losers. To some, it’s an archetypal American morality play with…
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All politics is local, but maybe all narrative is, too–Theater Review: "Love Thy Neighbor…till it hurts"
What Hemingway means when he tells the writer to just “write the truest sentence you know” was borne out in Julie Ganey’s “Love Thy Neighbor…til it hurts” at Berwyn’s 16th St. Theater tonight. This Rogers Park mom just told true stories using clear, poetic language. but in doing so, she supplied her sold-out crowd a…
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The technology of urban planning: Treme, Season 2
I’ve blogged before (and here) about my enthusiasm for the “visual novels” of David Simon–his The Wire and now Treme are primary types of the TV “Mini-series” genre. Now with season 2’s DVD, I have been arrested by the director’s commentary, specifically concerning the tragi-comic character of Nelson Hidalgo, the “carpet-bagger” from Dallas who plays the…
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How well did the Masters in Teacher Leadership course go?
Here’s a reflection I wrote upon completing my first gig as adjunct professor of education. (I re-print it here because I am as yet uncertain of the future of the Knowledge Base where it was originally posted.) Premises of MTL 534 (Implementing Technology and Multimedia Tools to Enhance Learning): That the teacher-leader candidate would learn constructively, engaging in PBL (problem-and project-based…
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Summer time = Reading Time
So what books are you going to read? If like me you’re a US citizen, why not find a title that has been important in shaping the USA? The Library of Congress has published a provocative list of the “88 Books that Shaped America” (link to the HuffPo scroll). It’s a controversial list, because the…
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