2023 Roundup (So Far)

Below by category are some posts you may be interested in. Enjoy!

Comic Books

WONDER WOMAN HISTORIA: THE AMAZONS (BOOK THREE): “BORN TO DIE”

DAREDEVIL 7 (2023): “PROTECTING PROPERTY OVER PEOPLE”

STILL ONLY 25¢: RECOLLECTING 1970S MARVEL COMIC BOOKS

Education

OP-ED: S. CAROLINA IS TRAPPED IN ‘EDUCATION CRISIS’ CYCLE (GREENVILLE NEWS)

THE EMPTY POLITICS OF TEACHER ATTRITION: SC EDITION

COMMENTARY: THERE’S NO MERIT IN MERIT PAY PLANS FOR REWARDING, RETAINING SC TEACHERS (THE POST AND COURIER)

THE ANTI-TEACHER (AND SEXIST) ROOTS OF REJECTING TEACHER AUTONOMY

THE MYTH OF THE BAD TEACHER: 2023

Fiction

GOD. GUNS. TEXIDA. [FICTION]

Miscelaneous

MONEY: “DON’T GIVE ME THAT DO-GOODY-GOOD BULLSHIT”

SHOULD WE BE NICE?: THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

MYTHOLOGIES OF CONTROL

PLANTATION GHOSTS PAST AND PRESENT

Poetry

POEM: I DON’T LOVE YOU

POEM: THIS IS WHAT WE CARRY (HEFT)

POEM: WHEN SHE APPEARED

Reading/ Science of Reading

WHAT READING PROGRAM SHOULD SCHOOLS ADOPT?

PODCAST: S2 E18: HOW TO END THE READING WAR: A CRITICAL CONVERSATION WITH DR. P. L. THOMAS

TEST-BASED ACHIEVEMENT MIRAGES: FLORIDA EDITION

DOES THE “SCIENCE OF READING” FULFILL SOCIAL JUSTICE, EQUITY GOALS IN EDUCATION? (PT. 1)

AMERICA DISHONORS MLK BY REFUSING TO ACT ON CALL FOR DIRECT ACTION (PT. 2)

WHO DO I WORK FOR?

THE RETURN OF MISSIONARY ZEAL IN EDUCATION REFORM: “SCIENCE OF READING” EDITION

THE LONG AND TIRED HISTORY OF MEDIA-DRIVEN READING WARS

“SELL WHAT WE DO”: THE MANUFACTURED CRISIS TO HIDE THE STORY BEING SOLD

TEACHING READING AND THE GOLDILOCKS’ DILEMMA: A CASE FOR PURPOSEFUL LITERACY

THE “MANUFACTURED CRISIS” AND THE REPEATED FAILURE OF EDUCATION JOURNALISM

THE READING PUZZLE AND THE MEDIA’S CARICATURE BLAME GAME

WHICH IS VALID, SOR STORY OR SCHOLARLY CRITICISM?: CHECKING FOR THE “SCIENCE” IN THE “SCIENCE OF READING”

Writing

TEACHING WRITING IN THE AI ERA

CHATGPT AND A NEW BATTLE IN THE CITATION GAUNTLET FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS