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Public Intellectuals: Can We At Least Try?

Date: Sat, Feb 13, 2010 Wine Tasting

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. [...]

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Snow Days

Date: Sun, Dec 20, 2009 Wine Tasting

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 [...]

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The Myth of U.S. School’s Lagging Behind Other Countries

Date: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 Wine Tasting

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 [...]

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Neo-Conservative Views of School Funding

Date: Wed, Dec 9, 2009 Wine Tasting

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 [...]

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My Comments on Quam’s Response

Date: Sat, Dec 5, 2009 Wine Tasting

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 [...]

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Teacher Education Redesign Initiative

Date: Sat, Dec 5, 2009 Wine Tasting

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 [...]

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About Lived Reality

Date: Sat, Dec 5, 2009 Wine Tasting

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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Please Work

Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 Wine Tasting

Come on!!

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An Attempt at Getting Things To Work

Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 Wine Tasting

I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to work I really want this to [...]

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Test

Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 Wine Tasting

Let’s see how well this does

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10 More WordPress Hacks for Easy Life

Date: Tue, Nov 24, 2009 Wine Tasting

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 [...]

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18 True Observations of Life

Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 Wine Tasting

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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Hello world!

Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 Wine Tasting

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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Premium WordPress Theme – Tiny News

Date: Tue, Oct 27, 2009 Wine Tasting

Please welcome another new Premium WordPress Theme from Blog Oh! Blog called “Tiny News”. This is a theme fit for anyone who quickly wants to start a NEWS website or a NEWS blog. All you do is specify what categories’ news should appear on the homepage and everything gets arranged automatically for you. Even thumbnails [...]

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