Education: k-12
FALL 2015 COURSES
Paula Clarke's Courses
Anthropology 1
Anthropology 2
Sociology 1
Sociology 5
Sociology 12
Ted Hamilton's Courses
Geography 12
Geography 15
History / Philosophy 5
History 16
Political Science 10
Political Science 12
Articles
Web Links
A Simple Equation: More Education = More Income By Eduardo Porter (The New York Times)
Adult Education: Adding Up the Cost of Low Literacy Among Adults By Kavitha Cardoza (NPR)
Arizona kids line up for free McMuffin on test day By Peter O'Dowd (Marketplace)
Desperation And Broken Trust When Schools Restrain Students Or Lock Them In Rooms By Jenny Abamu and Rob Manning (NPR)
Finland’s Schools (Film clip from Michael Moore’s Where to we invade next?)
How Wyoming manages to keep its rural schools open By Student Reporting Labs (PBS Newshour)
Louisiana School Made Headlines for Sending Black Kids to Elite Colleges. Here’s the Reality. By Erica
Miseducation: Is There Racial Inequality at Your School? By Lena V. Groeger, Annie Waldman and David Eads (ProPublica)
One School, One Year - A Series from Marketplace
The End of Neighborhood Schools By Anya Kamenetz and Edmund D. Fountain (NPR)
There's No Homework in Finland
Virtues of uncertainty By Guy Claxton (Aeon)
What America Can Learn From Smart Schools in Other Countries By Amanda Ripley (The New York Times)
What the U.S. Can Learn From Finland, Where School Starts At Age 7 By Claudio Sanchez (NPR)
What Really Happened At The School Where Every Graduate Got Into College By Kate McGee (NPR)
Why peace engineering should start in the classroom By Hoessein Alkisaei (One Young World)
Why the U.S. can’t replicate Finland’s educational success By Kevin Dickinson (Big Think)