“So let me get this straight,” I said. “If I were to drop out of school tomorrow and get a job at Burger King, the state would pay for my child care?”
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Not Quite Lifelong Learning
Posted in Margin Notes, Mind & Society, Reading Around Also tagged Childcare, Economics, Ethics, Higher Education, Media, Poverty, Psychology, Student Loans Leave a comment
Madame President, Our Teacher
The primary role of parents applies also to teachers and world leaders:
Dear Madame President [though of course, you may turn out to be a man]:
Teaching and teacher education have traditionally been viewed as women’s work and practiced by women. Like nursing, teaching has never been taken seriously among the more august professions….
I suspect [...]
Posted in Mind & Society, Reading Around Also tagged Careers, Democracy, Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Lee Schulman, Presidents, Teaching Leave a comment
We’re All Home Schoolers
Today’s homes are if anything even more important in the educational ecosystem of most Americans.
Posted in Margin Notes, Reading Around Also tagged Education, Homeschooling, Lifelong Learning, Messiah College, Milton Gaither Leave a comment
A Modest Proposal
It held the title of “most e-mailed story” at the New York Times for most of the day on Tuesday, but is that really how you would want to recommend these books to your spouse?
Posted in Margin Notes, Mind & Society, Reading Around Also tagged Charla Muller, Douglas Brown, Marriage, New York Times, Sex Leave a comment
