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Why I Left Teach For America At the Altar
I am leaving Teach For America after one year when I never thought I would. My decision to leave education is inextricably tied to my decision to leave Teach For America (TFA). In this final edition...
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What Color Are Your Justice Glasses?
“The greatest threats are more subtle. They cut deeper. And their terrible impact endures long after the headlines have faded and obvious, ignorant expressions of hatred have been marginalized.”...
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Education Reform Needs a Bigger Pie, Not Just a Better One
“By the end of the 1960s, the most forceful and persuasive arguments on the ghetto underclass had been provided by liberals, not conservatives. A few years later, just the opposite would be true, even...
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The Living History of Albany, Georgia
The rise of a nation, the pressing forward of a social class, means a bitter struggle, a hard and soul-sickening battle with the world such as few of the more favored classes know or appreciate....
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The “Unsinkable” Promise of Higher Education
Wouldn’t we have a more equitable society if we increased college readiness in K-12 education? The American university, however, suffers from deep issues of equal access for all American students...
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Talking ‘Bout My Innovation: New Ideas in Traditional Education
“Successful entrepreneurs have a fascination for a particular kind of intellectual problem and a relentless, unstoppable, endlessly inventive, and improvisational effort to solve that problem.” -Angel...
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Taking a Village: Adequately Supporting Mandated Reporters of Child Abuse in...
pearceedwards: My venture into a policy blog created and maintained by Teach For America Corps Members in Metro Atlanta! Originally posted on Lessons Learned: Written by Pearce Edwards, current TFA...
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Education in the Paint: It Comes Together with Teachers
Humor me for a minute and think of the education policy landscape as a basketball game. On the outside you have the point guard setting up the offense — the policymakers operating at different levels....
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Wake Up Middle America, or Keep Hitting the Privileged Snooze Button
Really, TCU, toilet paper? Some blogs are carefully researched and organized, and other blogs are the product of a single idea — a single energy which motivates you to give a clarion call for...
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Education for the Home Alone Generation
If all parts of a ship have been replaced, is it still the same ship? When does the old become new, or when does the new still inherit the old? The Ship of Theseus paradox, an illustration used by...
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I Heard the Bells on (the Fall Semester’s Last Day!)
Why does the work of educators matter? I feel like the question gets lost in the haze of conversations about education reform and the contentious debates in political arenas such as in Pittsburgh and...
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A Christmas Carol for Education
What does Charles Dickens have to do with public education? Read on to find out, if you want to handle the increasing amount of what feels like social criticism from my blog. I don’t worry so much...
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The Old Story: Review of “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man”
How about the race question? Of course I would bring up such a sensitive and recurring topic in the American story right around Thanksgiving. Aren’t the holidays the time to rest in the comfort of...
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An Open Letter to College Students on Public Education
Dear American college students, I’m sure you have had a lot of questions about our public education system, especially as you face decisions about whether or not to join the ranks of our nation’s...
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I Survived the Audition: Welcome to the Team!
What if the first couple of weeks of teaching was like The Voice? Call me crazy, but after watching some episodes idly with my roommates while grading papers in the past week, I’m convinced we could...
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March on Washington 50 Years On: Let Freedom Ring From Stone Mountain
With four weeks down in the classroom, my blogging content decreases as both the gravity of the work and the humility from inexperience increase. Ever wondered how to perfect the “Wake Up, People!”...
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Does Effective Teaching Start from Head or Heart?
Two weeks of the teaching road have passed under my feet, and I am plenty covered in the dust and sweat of long hours in school. It’s hard to tell if my voice is scratchy and throat dry from...
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First Week Blues: Schooling the Politics of Public Education
Blues music has become a bit more a part of my life since coming to Atlanta, and a recurring theme in blues or blues rock is a long, burdensome struggle with emotions and a journey to escape them. A...
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Reversing the Classroom Resource Curse, One Hope at a Time
I couldn’t get too far out of college without making a reference to my social science background, and so I am capturing the past week with “the resource curse.” Properly used, the resource curse...
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Educators as Givers: Review of “How Children Succeed” by Paul Tough
Successful reform movements must be driven by a powerful ideology to back up their conviction. We can probably name the intellectual supports for the big upheavals in recent history: the Enlightenment...
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