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2012 Veterans Day Poster

Veterans Never Stop Serving

November 11, 2012

Even after our veterans take off the uniform, they never stop serving. Many apply the skills and experience they developed on the battlefield to a life of service here at home. They take on roles in their communities as doctors and police officers, engineers and entrepreneurs, mothers and fathers.

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Tagged With: Veteran's Day, Soldiers, Sacrifice, Holidays, Democracy
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July 31, 2009

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Tagged With: Democracy, Race, Prejudice, History, Community, Civil Rights
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Exhilaration, Exhaustion, Tennyson

November 21, 2008

“The old order changeth, yielding place to new,
And God fulfils Himself in many ways,
Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.”

— Alfred, Lord Tennyson, The Passing of Arthur

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Tagged With: Barack Obama, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Camelot, Sacrifice, Politics, King Arthur, John McCain, Democracy, Change
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Madame President, Our Teacher

July 8, 2008

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 […]

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Tagged With: Democracy, Teaching, Presidents, Parenting, Lee Schulman, Journal of Teacher Education, Education, Careers
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Homeschool Moments: Dishing Out BOF, Dealing with Prejudice

June 1, 2008

Overcoming prejudice and distrust is not a one-time attitude adjustment, but a continuing journey in the company of people who are not like us, but who may become our civic friends. Such a strategy might go a long way toward more important goals: building a supportive environment for homeschoolers, and reinvigorating the varied practices of education & learning in America today.

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Tagged With: Ralph Ellison, Race, Prejudice, Politics, Parenting, Memorial Day, Martin Haberman, Lifelong Learning, Homeschooling, Food, Elizabeth Eckford, Education, Democracy, Danielle Allen, Community, Civil Rights, BOF
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On Manifestoes

May 24, 2008

So here are some manifestos of the present day on books, education, faith, and civic life. Though their weight for good or ill, for much or little, is as yet unknown, these are some of the words that will shepherd us into our shared future.

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Tagged With: Democracy, Ralph Ellison, Race, Politics, Michael Pollan, Manifesto, John Taylor Gatto, Homeschooling, History, Faith, Education, Religion, Danielle Allen, Clay Shirkey, Classics, Civil Rights, Book Publishing, Barack Obama, Aristotle, Writing, Sara Lloyd, Richard Harwood
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