“But we are living in a skeptical and, if I may use the phrase, a thought-tormented age; and sometimes I fear that this new generation, educated or hypereducated as it is, will lack those qualities of humanity, of hospitality, of… Read More ›
Education
THANK YOU, TEACHERS
“I said, ‘The truth is whatever you can get away with.’ ‘No, that’s journalism. The truth is whatever you can’t escape.” ― Greg Egan, I hope those of you enjoying Spring Break this week are using… Read More ›
SHOWING LOVE TO WHERE YOU START FROM
“Life and study have persuaded me of the openness of history. There is no inevitability in history. Thinking about what might have happened, what could have happened, is a necessary element in trying to understand what did happen. And if,… Read More ›
NASHVILLE’S LAST SCHOOL BOARD RACE
“One person presents their story each day; no one has to be Sigmund Freud to figure out these were men who grew so tired of being wounded, they went out and wounded something else.” ― Stephen Reid, A Crowbar in… Read More ›
THE ONE WHERE PINKY AND THE BRAIN HIRE A HENCHWOMAN
All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.” ― Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House … Read More ›
WHAT DID YOU SAY?
Among other things, you’ll find that you’re not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You’re by no means alone on that score, you’ll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many… Read More ›
THANK YOU SIR, MAY I HAVE ANOTHER
“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.” ― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist Watching the conversations around the Governor’s proposed reforming of Tennessee’s school funding formula(BEP) over the past several months has… Read More ›
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD
“We don’t like being out of the loop.” “You’re always out of the loop. The loop’s miles away. Nearest you’ll get to being in the loop is when they make a documentary about it and show it on the History… Read More ›
THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET INTERESTING
“You cannot observe people through an ideology. Your ideology observes for you.” ― Philip Roth Like everything in our lives these days, there is a concentrated effort to depict education policy through a political lens. As if one party… Read More ›
IT’S ALWAYS ABOUT THE DETAILS
“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.” ― P.J. O’Rourke I spent my formative years in a small rural community in the Pocono’s. For those of you not familiar, the Poconos… Read More ›
Dad Gone Wild 