I’ve spent the last four and a half hours attempting to turn my 130 page MA thesis into an article-length paper. So far I’ve gotten it down to just 20,000 words, only 10,000 more than almost any journal allows. Hmm… I can’t figure out what’s so hard about cutting things, other than [...]
The cover of Newsweek this week features an article that apparently has “the key to saving American Education” inside. I almost bought it, until I read what was written on the blackboard behind the article title: We Must Fire Bad Teachers This was written over and over again in a Bart Simpson style punishment, a practice [...]
I’m writing this knowing that my recent history about being consistent with blogs will indicate that any time I “recommit” to writing it inevitably ends with me disappearing from cyberspace for a while. In all honesty, I can’t do this by myself, and yet I’m nervous to ask others to write with me. [...]
Growing up in Western Washington, we always hoped for snow. Snow was fleeting, and it brought with it the potential for school to be canceled. But as the rain would inevitably wash away any chance for icy roads, we learned to wish for snow that may or may not come and may or [...]
You see it almost everywhere. “New data shows that India has more honors students than the US has students” and other such warnings of the educational apocalypse. We are reminded of the flattened world and global competition on an almost daily basis in education. For most of the 20th century there was an [...]
The class I’m teaching this semester ends with students in groups facilitating half of the course time for the final two weeks of the semester. One of the groups chose to look at school funding and opted for the text Does Money Matter?: The Effect of School Resources on Student Achievement and Adult Success [...]
The following is taken from the Star Tribune’s online comment section for Jean Quam’s American Dream lives on at the U I’d like to begin by pointing out what we, in education research and teacher education, refer to as the “demographic imperative.” Currently, 86% of all elementary and secondary teachers are white. Of these, most are [...]
The University of Minnesota is currently undergoing a redesign of its teacher education program. Part of this process saw the formation of several committees, each charged with addressing a particular piece of teacher education that graduates of the program saw as lacking in their own teacher education training. Among those groups formed was [...]
While my aim is for this blog to become a joint effort, including many voices from colleagues, friends, and students, for now this blog is the work of Zachary Casey, a PhD student in Culture and Teaching at the University of Minnesota. The name stems from many progressive and critical educators’ insistence on education that takes [...]
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This post is a continuation of the “WordPress Hacks” posts that I wrote earlier. 10 WordPress Hacks to Make your Life Easy 10 WordPress Hacks to Make your Life even Easier If you liked those, you will love this one. Here goes :- 1. Fight Cross Browser Compatibility the WordPress Way While designing a theme, there are numerous cross browser [...]
Triangular sandwiches taste better than square one At the end of every party there is always a girl crying. Sharpening a pencil with a knife makes you feel really manly. You’re never quite sure whether it’s against the law or not to have a fire in your back garden. You never know where to look when eating a banana. Its [...]
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