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Justice Kennedy’s Role in Fisher and the Reality of Race
by Liliana M. Garces on November 16, 2012
Those of us in the social science community who have been following the Fisher case know that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision, like the 2003 decisions in Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger, could have a lasting impact on the practices and policies of postsecondary institutions across the country.
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Critical Mess
by Michael J. Feuer on November 5, 2012
One of the rhetorical puzzles that arose during Supreme Court arguments in the Fisher case, in which a white student challenges the race-conscious admissions system at the University of Texas, poses a "catch-22" that could spell the end of affirmative action.
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Five Things High School Students Should Know About Race
by Lawrence Blum on November 1, 2012
Americans, especially white Americans, don’t like to talk about race. And they generally don’t think they need to know anything about it, either. Many Americans think we are in a “postracial” society, partly because a black man is president, so they don’t need to give much thought to race anymore.
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Take the Common Core Outdoors: School gardens offer lessons beyond science and healthy eating
by Jane S. Hirschi on November 1, 2012
When Michelle Obama planted a vegetable garden on the White House lawn with Bancroft Elementary students in 2009, she made the point that school gardens are a natural place for children to learn about local food systems and eating healthy food. Digging down into loam to discover sweet potatoes, nibbling on sweet lettuce, filling carts with luscious collard greens to give to the local food pantry—these images of schoolchildren in the garden have done as much as anything to elevate the profile of the school garden as a vehicle for children’s good health.
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The Stories a Classroom Tells
by Kurt Wootton on October 30, 2012
Many years ago when I was a student in a teacher certification program, one of our daily requirements was to observe the classroom of a different teacher in the school.
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Too Much Diversity?: The Abigail Fisher Case and Race in College Admissions
by Sylvia Hurtado on October 28, 2012
On October 10th, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case contesting the use of race in college admissions brought by petitioner, Abigail Noel Fisher, against The University of Texas at Austin.
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Education for a Civil Society
by Peter Levine on October 11, 2012
Two myths arise in almost all discussions of civic education: "Kids today don't know any civics," and "We don't teach civics nowadays." As I argue in my chapter in Making Civics Count, civic education does need reform, but we must first get the facts straight.
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Bringing Learning to Life in the Classroom
by Eileen Landay on September 10, 2012
It was the beginning of the spring semester in a large urban high school. The student teacher, having just taken over the class from her cooperating teacher, was attempting a class discussion using a protocol in which students talked to one another rather than through the teacher in the usual wagon wheel format. As her university supervisor, I was seated in a corner, observing, taking notes, and preparing to offer support and feedback.
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For Next Year’s Budget, Rethink the “One-Per-School” Rule
by Nathan Levenson on September 1, 2012
Like many a middle child, I was always certain my father favored my brothers, at my expense. My older brother got more freedom, and my younger brother got more help—regardless of our ages. My father’s only defense was, “I love you all, but your needs are different.” I swore I would never do this to my kids . . . until I became a father.
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The Complex Matter of Text Complexity
by Robert Rothman on September 1, 2012
Stephen Colbert had some fun this spring with a study that found that members of Congress speak at a 10th-grade level. “America’s leaders are speaking like high school sophomores,” he said, “a silent language of angry glares at the dinner table, between text messages.”
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