Before his death in 2003, Edward Said
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said] urged his colleagues to assume the
role of public intellectuals in the service of democracy. Said, a professor of
What does it take to access an education? I spoke with Robin DeRosa about this broad issue that affects the way we do things in our classrooms and schools.
While written assignments are typically growing in length in line with the
ever-expanding volume of resources available to student writers, platforms like
Twitter demand more succinct approaches to writing and offer a range
Libraries advertize their relationship
[https://www.facebook.com/312574775774/photos/a.479234825774.263644.312574775774/10154870110680775/?type=3]
with “alternative facts”. Religious schools voice strong opposition
[http://www.accunet.org/files/Press_Media/2017-Executive-Order-Press-Release.
My daughter loves school. She used to line up her stuffed animals in rows and
“teach” them for hours on end. When she got a special new doll for her 7th
birthday named
Public education is now transitioning from a system of educating citizens to a
market for profit. “Venture capitalists and for-profit firms are salivating
over the exploding $788.7 billion market in K-12 education,
We won’t take this lying down. No, we will join together, combine our voices,
and raise our own kind of hell. The 2016 U.S. presidential election is still a
fresh wound
Misinformation abounds. This has always been the case, but the problem has
become acute in the age of digital communication. As Mike
[https://hapgood.us/2016/11/13/fake-news-does-better-on-facebook-than-real-news/]
Caulfield
[https://hapgood.us/
There’s a thing I want to say. I heard it coming up when I was sitting in
Starbucks yesterday. Watching the sun and the people in the sun and thinking
this was
I attended a funeral last month. I wanted to speak, but I couldn’t — not for the
lump in my throat or the tears in my eyes or any of the affective, funereal
I want to share a quick few reflections on the particular way in which I see
comics as a powerful way to express and organize our thinking. Defining this
collection of practices we
The fact remains that to write is to trace, and to trace is within the reach of
any hand
— Fernand Deligny, The Arachnean and Other Texts
[https://books.google.com/books/about/The_
Prelude
In a former life I was a dancer. A former life, or a previous era: BGS (Before
Grad School). This is how I used to think of the countless hours I spent
For much of October I have been mentally wringing my hands over exactly how I
want to contribute to Digital Writing Month, especially as a featured
contributor. I gladly accepted the invitation to
