Education

Teaching is political – there’s no way to avoid it

A discussion of teaching as a political act – because neutrality is impossible.
Grad school brain

Graduate education is pre-built to assault one’s mental health. Living in the trenches right now, got…
Coronavirus is going to break the traditional college model in America

You might think college funding makes sense, but it doesn’t. Here’s my take on why coronavirus…
Discussion ideas for Ex Machina

Have you seen Ex Machina? No? GET OUT THERE and find a theater showing this excellent…
Worth your time to read

A few good reads to kick off your week. One should never approach Monday without a…
Letter to a Young High School Teacher | Comment Magazine

We teach who we are. Teaching isn’t as much about the what as it is about…
Why I mentor

As an exercise to wrap up the training this week, I’m supposed to draft my personal…
Martin Gladwell on Higher Ed

I was stunned recently by three episodes in Malcolm Gladwell’s podcast, ReVisionist History, pertaining to higher…
The importance of teaching students not to fear (essay)

None of our concerns about student readiness for college are ever going to be resolved if…
Good read: “Blurred Lines: Professor, Engineer, Mother” – The Chronicle of Higher Education

Worth your time to read today. The question of “work/life balance” ought to occupy the thinking…