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Dashed Hopes (or, Nonsense in Nashville)

October 8, 2008

Richard Harwood: “When this campaign started, many people, including myself, thought it was a golden opportunity for a real debate between competing visions for the nation’s future. Remember that?”

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Tagged With: Richard Harwood, Presidents, Politics, Nashville, John McCain, Fact Checking, Debate, Barack Obama
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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: Journal of Teacher Education, Teaching, Presidents, Parenting, Lee Schulman, Education, Democracy, Careers
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She Could Be President of the United States of America

July 5, 2008

Review of Catherine Thimmesh and Douglas B. Jones’s Madam President: The Extraordinary, True (and Evolving) Story of Women in Politics.

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Tagged With: Reviews, Presidents, Politics, Girls, Gender, Careers, Biography
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