Category Archives: Education

Thinking About The Relationship Between and Among Teaching, Grading and Learning, or "You Don't Want To Sound Like A Black Girl From The Suburbs"

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Three students from my technical writing class came to see me during my office hours a couple of weeks ago because they were unhappy with the grades they received on their first assignment of the semester and they wanted my … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 19 Comments

A Question About Asian American Studies

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I am scheduled to teach, for the first time, a class in Asian American Literature starting next month, and I am wondering if people here might have some thoughts on a question that I have been asking myself in terms … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 26 Comments

Teaching And The Need To Speak Out About Sexual Abuse

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I was not planning to start posting again until I could begin in earnest the series I want to do on classical Iranian literature–and interruption after interruption after interruption has kept me from getting to the point where I am … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 4 Comments

Edu-Dump

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Julie

From the New York Times: Prof. Marshall Grossman has come to expect complaints whenever he returns graded papers in his English classes at the University of Maryland. “Many students come in with the conviction that they’ve worked hard and deserve … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Education | 33 Comments

Lani Silver, Oral Historian, Passes Away

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Jack Stephens

Cross-posted from The Mustard Seed. Lani Silver, a native of San Francisco and an anti-racist teacher and activist, who founded the Bay Area Holocuast Oral History Project, passed away, just found out through San Francisco supervisor Eric Mar on his … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | 7 Comments

A Recession Story

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Julie

MLA (the Modern Language Association – where English professors go to party) just released a report on academic employment. Overall, the number of full-time jobs in academia has more or less stayed the same, while the number of part-time jobs … Continue reading →

Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Education, Feminism, sexism, etc, Race, racism and related issues | 21 Comments

The One

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

Glenn Reynolds writes the stupidest thing he’s ever written, even dumber than his Iraq War touchdown dance on his own 20-yard-line. It turns out, you see, that There Can Be Only One. Am I talking of the Highlander? The Fifth … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Race, racism and related issues | 11 Comments

The Gentleman Doth Protest Too Much

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

Poor Prof. Alexander McPherson. A professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the University of California at Irvine, McPherson was recently denied his academic freedom. How, you ask, did that happen? Was he told what he had to teach in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anti-feminists and their pals, Education, Feminism, sexism, etc | 50 Comments

"You can vote however you like."

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Jack Stephens

With all this bullshit being flung all over the blogosphere and stric-9 laced saliva being spewed out of every single pundit due to this election I want to present to you the dopest school kids I have ever seen. Hope … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Elections and politics | 7 Comments

Vocabulary Day: "Informational" and "Bright"

Posted on October 16, 2008 by Julie

So I’ve had a backlog of posts building up for about a week now, but I haven’t had much time or energy to devote to writing. One of the colleges I teach at decided to cut 50% of its sections, … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Feminism, sexism, etc | 13 Comments