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Voting on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, by Party
An earlier post here begins: In her testimony Wednesday night, November 18, before the Texas State Board of education, Carole Haynes (phonetic) helpfully informed the Board members that There has been… more →
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Voting on the 1964 Civil Rights Act, by Party
Tony Whitson wrote 1 day ago: An earlier post here begins: In her testimony Wednesday night, November 18, before the Texas State B … more →
"honest history" for Texas social studies standards?
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Tony Whitson wrote 3 days ago: In her testimony Wednesday night, November 18, before the Texas State Board of education, Carole Hay … more →
CERU: 12th Annual Report on Schoolhouse Commercialism Trends
Tony Whitson wrote 1 month ago: The Commercialism in Education Research Unit, a partner center of the Education Policy Research Unit … more →
"neutrality" strikes again: banned band shirts in MO (evolution/religion dispute)
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Tony Whitson wrote 2 months ago: photo by Hal Smith / Sedalia Democrat (copyrighted) A story by Tonya Fennell for the Sedalia (MO) De … more →
The “What’s worthwhile?” question
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Tony Whitson wrote 5 months ago: The key curriculum question in the United States – what knowledge is of most worth – is not a quiet … more →
the Comer decision: What "disputed issues"?
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Tony Whitson wrote 7 months ago: While awaiting news on whether the decision against Chris Comer’s suit against the TEA will be … more →
Leo's Jan. 22 amendments to the Texas Science TEKS
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Tony Whitson wrote 9 months ago: The version of the Texas TEKS science standards approved by the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE … more →
Dunbar, Scott on Arber: scientific consensus vs. scientific knowledge?
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Tony Whitson wrote 10 months ago: During the January 21 hearings of the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE), there was an exchange b … more →
Why I don't believe in "THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION"
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Tony Whitson wrote 10 months ago: No, Virginia, “THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION” does not actually exist — at least not in … more →
TX SBOE's s “not-religion” problem
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Tony Whitson wrote 12 months ago: Throughout the day, SBOE majority members seemed baffled by how one speaker after another was talkin … more →
The Pueblo, me, and Washington, DC
Tony Whitson wrote 1 year ago: Last January was the 40th anniversary, capture of the U.S.S. Pueblo – as commemorated then on … more →
¿ against teaching the controversies (or "strengths and weaknesses") ?
Tony Whitson wrote 1 year ago: In an earlier post, I commented on some concerns emerging from these items:: In the NY Times: Oppone … more →
Discourses, genres, and other "form fields"
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Tony Whitson wrote 1 year ago: From physics, we know about magnetic fields, gravitational fields, electrical fields, and other fiel … more →
intelligent exaptation
Tony Whitson wrote 1 year ago: At The Hive of Lost Memories, a post on “the evolution of grocery bags” provides a super … more →
Curriculum Consciousness and Brown v. Board of Education
Tony Whitson wrote 1 year ago: Earlier posts (examples: here and here) have considered how curriculum is understood as involving mo … more →
E.O. Wilson on BookTV (& "methodological naturalism")
Tony Whitson wrote 2 years ago: E.O. Wilson will be featured in a 3-hour interview program on CSpan-2 in the US Sunday August 5 (rep … more →
Curriculum & the post-(cognitivist) synthesis
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Tony Whitson wrote 2 years ago: For the journal Mind, Culture, and Activity, I am now working on a review of three books in a series … more →
"Conceptions of Curriculum"
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Tony Whitson wrote 2 years ago: A short pdf document (just over one page) on “What is Curriculum” can be found on the we … more →
"lesson study" & teachers' unions
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Tony Whitson wrote 2 years ago: On the XMCA list (eXtended Mind, Culture, & Activity), Mike Cole relates: . . . We got into an a … more →
