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Essential and Subversive: Parents in Education

August 28, 2008

However beneficial we understand parent involvement in education to be, the system we have is not integrated, but segregated.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Anne T. Henderson, Daniel Nerad, Education, Education Infrastructure, Homeschool, Invitations, Madison Metropolitan School District, Maya Cole, Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, School, Segregation, The New Press
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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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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Careers, Democracy, Education, Journal of Teacher Education, Lee Schulman, Parenting, Presidents, Teaching
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We’re All Home Schoolers

June 30, 2008

Today’s homes are if anything even more important in the educational ecosystem of most Americans.

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Shelved with: Margin Notes|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Education, Homeschooling, Lifelong Learning, Messiah College, Milton Gaither, Parenting
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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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Shelved with: Continuing Stories|| Hearts & Minds|| Local Life|| Mind & Society|| Education
Tagged With: BOF, Civil Rights, Community, Danielle Allen, Democracy, Education, Elizabeth Eckford, Food, Homeschooling, Lifelong Learning, Martin Haberman, Memorial Day, Parenting, Politics, Prejudice, Race, Ralph Ellison
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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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Shelved with: Community & Time|| Hearts & Minds|| Mind & Society|| The Reading Life|| Reading the Word|| Education|| Civic Life
Tagged With: Aristotle, Barack Obama, Book Publishing, Civil Rights, Classics, Clay Shirkey, Danielle Allen, Democracy, Education, Faith, History, Homeschooling, John Taylor Gatto, Manifesto, Michael Pollan, Politics, Race, Ralph Ellison, Religion, Richard Harwood, Sara Lloyd, Writing
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The Hundred-Mile Diet Map and More

May 22, 2008

A new map of food sources within a hundred miles of Madison, Wisconsin, shows kind of connection and sharing that will allow us as human societies to learn to be conscious of and take responsibility for the earthly places in which we live and move.

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Shelved with: Local Life|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: Barbara Kingslover, Circle M Market Farm, Clay Shirkey, Data Visualization, Deborah Madison, Digital Literacy, Education, Education Infrastructure, Food, Joel Salatin, Kavi Turnbull, Lifelong Learning, Local Food, Localism, Michael Pollan, Networks, Wisconsin
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