Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Law Suit Claims that PA School Funding System is Unconstitutional
I thought you might all find the following to be o…
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Can we become the next Finland?
For the class book club, I’ve been readi…
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Are charter schools ruining the communities of New Orleans?
With the establishment of the Recovery School D…
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Academic Boot-Camps Pros v Cons
The concept of an “academic bot-camp,” was very …
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Moral Dilemma in Rebirth: New Orleans
John Merrow’s documentary, Rebirth: N…
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The Hedgehog Concept and the No-Excuses Approach
The Hedgehog Concept, as discussed in Carr’s “H…
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Never-ending Conflict Over Education
The conflict over urban education in the United …
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Charter School Recruitment (reposted from Crazy Crawfish)
http://crazycrawfish.wordpress.com/2014/…
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Attempting to Find a Positive Account of Teach for America
Over the past few weeks, we have spent a good amou…
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“Work Hard. Be Nice.” A Temporary Solution to a Perpetual Problem.
In the past couple readings we’ve been di…
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Is KIPP’s strict discipline model worth it?
In class on Tuesday we ended our time with an inte…
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Teaching at a KIPP Academy: Is It Worth It?
After reading about the KIPP Academies nationw…
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Should business and students exist together?
I started writing a secondary response to Aida&…
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Ulterior Motive or Genuine Effort?
After reading the articles on Parent Trigger La…
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Parent Trigger Laws: An illusion of choice
I found the article on Parent Trigger Laws to be v…
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Valuable contributors to society or mathematicians and literary critics?
Public schools, which are free and open to all ch…
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Disinvestment, Charter Schools, and Standardized Testing
When it comes to public education, debates almo…
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Which form of injustice is more right?
To what extent are teachers willing to ensure th…
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How Far Is Too Far?
In an era of high-stakes testing, a struggling s…
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Standardized Students
In the most recent chapters we read on Au, I was mo…
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