A simple description of Tara Westover’s “Educated” would be that is a memoir of a childhood and young adult years in a fundamentalist Mormon
Tag: Education
“Xenophobic, anti-Islam, anti-Semitic racist.” Who, me?
When you’re running for a school board position in suburban St. Louis and tweet out memes about banning Islam in America, what could possibly
Teaching the reality of climate change, one classroom at a time
You wouldn’t think that it would be controversial for a journalism professor to come to high schools in the Midwest to discuss his reporting
Supreme Court rulings: Lessons for my 8th grade students
It’s always bittersweet in June when the Supreme Court issues its major rulings, because I can’t help but wish school was in session so
Department of Education promotes racketeering and Jim Crow in schools
There is so much that the federal government could do in education. Besides taking the obvious first step of reducing student loan rates to
10 reasons why school vouchers should be rejected
Republicans are for school vouchers because they want to privatize public education, turn education into a money making venture, and use taxpayer money to fund religious schools. Some
Will the protests at the University of Southern Maine spark a national student movement?
Like so many other institutions in this, our neoliberal land of opportunity, universities have become infested with rent extracting parasites. Were I to say
Don’t just blame the teachers
When it comes to cheating in our schools, don’t just blame the teachers. While we’re at it, let’s give the students a break as
The student loan bubble is about to burst
The ever-insightful and knowledgeable Yves Smith, writing at Naked Capitalism, points to a potential trigger for the next economic crisis—the bursting of the massive
School’s in! What’s your teacher’s salary?
For kids, a typical school day is about six to eight hours. Not so for teachers, whose work load includes additional hours for grading