What happens when the president of the world’s leading superpower makes inflammatory comments about immigrants and wins an election based largely on a racist and nationalist platform? As we’ve seen over the past two years, his followers feel emboldened and righteous in their discrimination against immigrants, despite their hopes, ambitions and rich personal histories. Similarly in the UK, […] … learn more→

The PhD is finished, and finally, everything is packed away in my home office; but it took me 18 months to get to this concluding stage. My desk was unusable for the year-and-a-half that followed my graduation and the mess worsened as the months slipped by. After the final printing, the lovely purple-bound copy of […] … learn more→

Harsh and racially disparate discipline practices are widespread in America’s schools. Not so long ago in Texas, for instance, 75 percent of black students had been suspended at some point in high school. For black males in Texas, 83 percent were suspended. Nationally, black students lost nearly five times as many days of instruction due to out-of-school suspensions as […] … learn more→

If you want to be the person who makes their reader sigh and eventually give up when they get to your theoretical ‘bit’, here’s some non-fail writing strategies. Do these and I guarantee your reader will be enervated and/or exasperated: Don’t explain any of the specific terms you use Let your reader guess how it […] … learn more→

A new fight to secure a federal constitutional right to education is spreading across the country. This fight has been a long time coming and is now suddenly at full steam. In 1973, plaintiffs in San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez argued that school funding inequities violated the right to education. The Supreme Court rejected education […] … learn more→

The multiplication of acts of violence against teachers on the one hand, and the vote of the Assembly on a bill prohibiting spanking on the other hand, are an acute problem of the educational authority. A re-examination of this notion is necessary. In this respect, Hegel’s teaching texts can be of great help. As Durkheim pointed out , authority is the […] … learn more→

I recently realized this is the most time I’ve spend off campus in, well, my adult life, so allow me to wander off campus in my writings as well, at least for a little. “…Back in 1952 the Army quietly began hiring hundreds of psychologists to find out how 600,000 high school graduates had successfully […] … learn more→

Life as a student can often be a whirlwind experience, packed full of socialising, parties, fledgeling independence and in some cases living away from home. It’s a lot to try and take in, let alone thrive in this busy environment. However, getting the most from your time as a student can be challenging.  We’re going […] … learn more→

France is shaken and fascinated by the movement of “yellow vests”, as it has always been by the revolts that have punctuated history. She fears or hopes to recognize the eternal return of the Revolution, which has shaped its French specificity of which it is proud. The country wants to show once again to the world the […] … learn more→

Last year I had a health crisis, brought on by many years of just working too many hours. After about 15 years of regularly doing 50 or 60 hour weeks something inside me just… snapped. It started with unexpected bouts of tears at work, then rapidly progressed to anxiety attacks, exhaustion and mood swings. The […] … learn more→