The Liberal Arts and the Educational Technology of Language
THE PRESIDENT HAS AN ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU:
This is what the bold text on the whitehouse.gov website tells us as it proudly heralds a new...
The Locale and Grace of Teaching
I’ve not yet decided if I’ve succumbed to despair (a sin) or prudence, but I no longer participate in any of the forums at...
History as Manifesto
Dillon, MT
Having a personal and professional interest in what people think history is for, I read The History Manifesto with great interest. Jo Guldi...
30 More Years of Rootless Professors
In the thirty years since writer-professor Eric Zencey first published his essay “The Rootless Professors” in the Chronicle of Higher Education, much has changed, and...
Life Under Compulsion: If Teachers Were Plumbers
This is Part IV of a series of essays. For previous installments of "Life Under Compulsion," see Part I, Part II, and Part III.
“Good morning,...
Homeschool Community
As a homeschooling parent I'm continually frustrated by the difficulty of talking about why we do what we do. Homeschooling is nearly always portrayed...
A Call for a Politically Inclusive Classroom
Teaching Tolerance in a Time of Trump sounds like a short-course a firebrand professor might offer, though I mean it in a more comprehensive...