January 2010

Shirley Steinberg's picture

A New Year

Beloved ones, a full year has passed, much has happened.  We have lost loves and gained new ones.  I wish you all the very best and blessings...With radical love, we will gain more by our commitments to those in need, those who don't have the luxuries we have...even by being able to read a post on the Internet.  Thank you from the bottom of my soul for the love, support, and thoughts you have given to me and the kids this year.  We are ok....we are progressing....and we will continue.  Please continue to support our website and contribute to the blogs. 

Henry Giroux's picture

Rethinking Education as the Practice of Freedom: Paulo Freire and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy


 
This article on Paulo Freire and critical pedagogy is a response to the recent right wing attacks on critical pedagogy that have emerged recently in the United States.
 
READ AT TRUTHOUT.ORG
 

Tolu's picture

What makes a father tell on a son?

The Gospel of Luke, found in The Holy Bible, tells a very sweet story of rebellion, recalcitrance, and redemption. "A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living," Jesus of Nazareth is quoted telling his disciples (KJV). Shortly after, one son takes off for a "far country" in which he squanders all his "substance with riotous living"--a weekend in Vegas, perhaps. His consumerist adventure, however, is cut short soon when famine falls over the land--and the big banks, having pocketed tax-payer money, stop lending.

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Jay-Z's On to The Next One: Devil Worship or Trends, Ends, and Record Spins?

As much as I argue for the brilliance in hip-hop, the profound resilience and intelligence of the people who both create and consume it, and the beauty in the unabashed veracity of it's proponents. I am consistently amazed by the ways that factions both within and outside of hip hop have been able to manipulate those who are most immersed in the culture to use their time and talents to deeply analyze and draw conjecture on frivolous issues.

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Field Trip


 

plthom3's picture

New series from Sense

Please consider submitting and announce this where you can; I am editing a new series with Sense (PDF attached for distribution):

Tolu's picture

Children in a Hostile World

How does an autistic, cognitively-impaired 11-year-old end up charged with felony assault? This is the story of Zakhqurey Price, who lives and schools in Arkansas with his family.
 

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Radical Love: Creating a Transformative Critical Pedagogy

Date: 
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 19:30 - 21:00


NOTE that this is occurring at The University of Manitoba
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
 

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Christotainment: Selling Jesus Through Popular Culture

Date: 
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 09:30 - 11:30

University of Greenwich in Greenwich
Shirley SteinbergShirley Steinberg
Christotainment: Identifying the Corporatization of Jesus and Christian Power Brokers

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Call for Chapters - Book on Obama and education

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS
 
The phenomenon of Obama and the agenda for education:
Can hope audaciously trump neoliberalism?
 
Under Contract with Information Age Publishing
 
 Co-editors:
 
Dr. Paul R. Carr                                 Dr. Brad J. Porfilio