What’s with all the white men in #edreform debates (PS, I’m a white dude)?
Let me begin. I am a white dude. I repeat: I am an average, everyday, Irish, white guy. Let me continue. When I earned my PhD in 2009, I wrote about the lack of men in education, internationally, and...
View ArticleSo, @theNation questions the “whiteness” of the Left, and…
… and brings up the recent Network for Public Education conference in Austin, TX, many of whom in attendance I know and I consider friends. The lede: At a panel titled “Grassroots Organizing” at the...
View ArticleOn teacher diversity from the Washington Post, and my take #sunchat
I wrote my doctoral dissertation on the lack of diversity in the teacher workforce, paying close attention to the root causes and potential solutions. It’s complicated because, of the roughly 50...
View Article#JusticeorElse and education
Of what I reviewed on social media in the last day at the crossroads of education and Saturday’s march, this seems to be a general sentiment: “The education you are receiving has made you a better tool...
View ArticleAs a teacher who busts his ass, why do these articles rub me the wrong way?
Been getting a lot of these popping up on my feed lately. Treat me like I’m quite sophisticated in terms of critical race theory, various social theories on gender, race, class, and the...
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