| Ch. 5 Education | ||
| Francine Prose, I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read | ||
| • | [video] http://bigthink.com/ideas/16440 | |
| Francine Prose talks about reading and the teaching of reading, making specific reference to the points she brings up in I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read. | ||
| Ralph Waldo Emerson, from Education | ||
| • | [text] http://www.anb.org/articles/16/16-00508.html | |
| A brief biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson. | ||
| James Baldwin, A Talk to Teachers | ||
| • | [video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piGSgnSqO5E | |
| James Baldwin speaks at a conference about the state of black education in America and racism as an obstacle to black students. | ||
| • | [video] http://blip.tv/grittv/grittv-james-baldwin-still-so-much-to-teach-us-4802837 | |
| A discussion held in retrospect of James Baldwin’s influence and lasting relevance, featuring clips of Baldwin speaking. | ||
| Kyoko Mori, School | ||
| • | [video] http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/09/29/eveningnews/main6912732.shtml | |
| CBS news reports on how Japanese students’ respect for their teachers produces results. | ||
| Sherman Alexie, Superman and Me | ||
| • | [video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_F_jl3BE-k | |
| Bill Moyers interviews Alexie and gives an overview of his career. | ||
| David Sedaris, Me Talk Pretty One Day | ||
| • | [video] http://www.cc.com/video-clips/c6kf73/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-david-sedaris | |
| David Sedaris showcasing his unique sense of humor on an episode of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. | ||
| • | [text] http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/oct/11/david-sedaris-interview-hadley-freeman | |
| Report on the life, writing, and humor of David Sedaris. | ||
| Margaret Talbot, Best in Class | ||
| • | [text] http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=817616&page=1 | |
| ABC News article discussing the often-cutthroat nature of the competition for the valedictorian honor in high schools. | ||
| David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life | ||
| • | [audio] part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5THXa_H_N8&feature=related part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSAzbSQqals&NR=1 |
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| Wallace gives a variation of this speech at Kenyon College’s 2005 commencement ceremony. | ||
| Sandra Cisneros, Eleven | ||
| • | [video] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKG6DBT0EvY | |
| Sandra Cisneros talks about writing, the authors who inspired her, and the advice she has for aspiring authors. | ||
| • | [text] https://www.missourireview.com/article/interview-with-sandra-cisneros/ | |
Transcript of an interview with Sandra Cisneros conducted by Gayle Elliot. |
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| Norman Rockwell, The Spirit of Education (painting) | ||
| • | [text] http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/08/29/art-literature/artists-illustrators/school-daze.html | |
| The Saturday Evening Post surveys a series of covers that together tell an amusing story of school. Rockwell’s The Spirit of Education is not one of the covers discussed in this piece, but it could easily fit in the same category. | ||
| Roz Chast, What I Learned: A Sentimental Education from Nursery School through Twelfth Grade (cartoon) | ||
| • | [text] http://www.dailynexus.com/2011-04-07/roz-chast-yorker-cartoonist-speaks/ | |
| Roz Chast speaks to a small audience about her cartoons and artistic perspective. | ||
| Horace Mann, from Report of the Massachusetts Board of Education | ||
| • | [text] http://www.pbs.org/onlyateacher/horace.html | |
| A brief PBS-sponsored biography of Horace Mann. | ||
| • | [text] http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/mann.html | |
| A list of the many educational contributions of Horace Mann. | ||
| Todd Gitlin, The Liberal Arts in an Age of Info-Glut | ||
| • | [text] http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/5312/losing_liberal_arts/ | |
| Article about the steadily declining popularity of liberal arts-oriented higher education. Reasons for and possible consequences of the trend are analyzed. | ||
| Leon Botstein, Let Teenagers Try Adulthood | ||
| • | [video] http://bigthink.com/ideas/20559 | |
| Leon Botstein encourages people to consider the advantages of a program that allows students to begin college at age 16. | ||
| Edward Koren, Two Scoreboards (cartoon) | ||
| • | [text] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/arts/design/21koren.html | |
| NY Times article about Edward Koren and his work. | ||
| Diane Ravitch, Stop the Madness | ||
| • | [video] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2010/03/01/VI2010030103102.html | |
| Former Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling defends the “No Child Left Behind” program in an interview with the Washington Post. | ||
| • | [text, audio, video] http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/news/releases/2009/01/20090108-2.html | |
| (6:30 – end) Bush’s last policy address, reflecting on No Child Left Behind, declares the program a success. | ||
| Eric A. Hanushek et al., from U.S. Math Performance in Global Perspective (tables) | ||
| • | [text] http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/01/u-s-must-improve-math-grade-to-retain-global-edge/ | |
| CNN-sponsored blog entry about the implications of the study prepared by Harvard’s Program on Education Policy and Governance and Education Next. | ||
| David Barboza, from Shanghai Schools’ Approach Pushes Students to Top of Tests | ||
| • | [text] http://www.voanews.com/content/seeking-creativity-asian-educators-look-to-us-programs-130115718/168004.html | |
| Article about the desire for a more creative educational approach in China and the inverse desire within the U.S. | ||