Myth of School Failure

An article that debunks the cherished Conservative notion that American schools are somehow bad. This is a must-read for teachers.

Critical Pedagogy Terminology

This is an effort to define some of the major terms used in discussions of critical pedagogy

Culturally Responsive Teaching

A brief discussion of how to do culturally responsive teaching.

Democracy and Schooling

A discussion of the title topic. Written by Jim some years ago.

Inclusion

An effort to define the term

School Bonds

A definition of what school bonds are.

Illich bibliography

This is a list of the works of Ivan Illich. He has some wonderful ideas for how we need to reform American Education. I recommend his works to you.

Creationism and Science

A booklet for teachers published by the National Academy of Science. A must read.

Bilingual Education

A brief description of the varius kinds of bilingual education

School Vouchers

An effort to make some sense out of a complicated, and very political, topic.

History of Childhood

This paper discusses the development, in Europe and America, of the idea of childhood. It points out that our current idea that "childhood" extends into the late teens and even early 20s is a very recent idea.

Wealthfare: Corporate Welfare

This is a list of the amounts of money the government spent in 1996 on such things as military waste and corporate subsidies. The list includes, for comparison purposes, the amounts spent on Education and Welfare that same year.

Values

An argument against teaching values in the schools.

State Standards

These are the state objectives this course should fill