Prison Cells and Pretty Walls: Gender Coding and American Schools Jennifer Borgioli Binis, Nursing Clio Education, Gender Studies, History, Society & Culture A few months ago, I was scrolling through Twitter and saw a conversation about redesigning classroom spaces and a phrase caught my attention: “redesign is NOT about being pretty for Pinterest.” As someone...
“The Essay is the Genre of Presence”: An Interview with Nicole B. Wallack Nicole B. Wallack Arts & Culture Nicole B. Wallack, Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program at Columbia University, knows her way around the essay. Her new book, Crafting Presence, not only shows instructors how to teach writing via...
Heartland: Teaching in the Aftermath of the Election Colleen Abel Politics & Economics On the first day of classes, I give my students a notecard and a set of questions. It’s their chance to tell me privately if there is anything they’d like me to know. Mostly, they say things like “I...
What I Told My Freshmen about Voting Bryan Van Norden Government, Politics & Economics, Society & Culture Many of you are eligible to vote for the first time in this election. I want to take a moment today to encourage you to vote and give you a quick, non-partisan introduction to Presidential elections. Martyrs...
Kasich Is Right: Teachers ARE the Problem Bryan Van Norden Education, Politics & Economics Governor John Kasich is currently considered a plausible “moderate” Republican Presidential candidate if the GOP goes to a brokered convention. In fact, he has said that, “It’s going to be so much fun....
My College Is Being Blackmailed Bryan Van Norden Education, Politics & Economics My college is being blackmailed. The story of the blackmail goes back to Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education under Bush the Younger. Spellings (who has no classroom teaching experience, and no degree...
Teaching from an Inner Place: On Working with Students with Autism Jason Gruhl Education, Psychology “I can still feel the ‘thud’ of the marker thrown at my head. I had been working with Andrew, a student with autism, for about a minute, attempting to get him to write his name on a piece of paper. He became frustrated, threw the marker, and climbed under his desk.”
