Nothing like starting a new project on a holiday. Friends and family are arriving for the BBQ in a few hours (hopefully before the rain), and what am I doing? Creating a blog. Yep, that's right, I am an expert at procrastination. But, it makes sense that I post my first set of thoughts on a day that is supposed to symbolize some good stuff. Instead we have:
A POTUS who commutes the sentence of one of his lackeys. The same POTUS who refused, as governor of TX, to release an inmate who had been exonerated by DNA. Yeah, there's equal representation under the law.It's simply"more equal for some than others.
A SCOTUS who in their latest decision has essentially enabled de jure segregation to rear its ugly head again. Because, apparently being race conscious is being racist. Oh, and this latest decision, just like NCLB, is in the spirit of extending the Brown Decision. Right.
Done for now. It's time to prepare for fun for later on this afternoon.
A (not-so) civilized rant about all things related to public education (with a generous heaping of whatever else spews forth) in this US (of A).
The Edubabbler
2007
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Who am I?
- rg
- Among other things, I am a college professor (tenured) who is interested in the politics of education, education policy, and urban education. In particular, I am interested in how education policy and curriculum has an impact on teachers and learners. I used to teach high school in an inner city school and that drives me to work for better educational experiences for those who have not had equitable access in education. But my experiences in urban high schools have also fostered a great interest in how the high school curriculum (social studies, in particular) shapes our identities, and how who we are shapes what and how we teach and learn. I also maintain a blog on urban education, which can be found at www.theurbanfiles.blogspot.com. When I'm not working on education-related projects, I can be found somewhere in my yard, gardening, sitting on the patio, lounging, or out walking/running (with and without dogs).
1 comment:
You are in the minor leagues of procrastination. I am the commissioner.
As for the morons in Washington. I am fed up with all all of them. No one, Republican, Democrat or Independent, has the insight to see that there is a large voting block that is committed to social justice and a world without elitism or racism. They simply don't get it but the POTUS is simply in an alternate universe and it will take years (many years) to undo the damage he has caused.
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