Reading for this week

Greeting from sunny California!

So it seems that I do not have the Shor reading up in my electronic reserves... apologies for that!!! But fotunately, if you go into the RIC Library reserves and search for Professor AUGUST, you will see the article posted there.

It is by Ira Shor, and it is called Education is Politics.

Have a good weekend... if you celebrate Easter (or even if you don't), you might like this tasty, crafty snack to share with your friends and family. Sushi... made from rice crispy treats, fruit roll ups and PEEPS! (My sister and I made them last night)

Enjoy!

LB :)

Random and cool

Just want to share these amazing short films... all about how media representation and beauty culture influence how we think about ourselves and each other.

You can view them for free until the end of this month using the password: Body Typed.

Keeping Track

You have a lot of reading this week so plan carefully to manage your time...

First, read Patrick Finn, Literacy with an Attitude.
But you don't need to read the whole 35 pages that is on reserve. Instead, read the Preface, Chapter 1 and Chapter 2. You can skim chapter 13 and 14, though chapter 14 is when Finn talks about real teachers working to change the system of tracking and inequality so you might enjoy reading about some "solutions" since we spend so much time talking about the "problems" in this class!!

Then you are reading Jeannie Oakes' short piece about tracking. This is a good summary of the basic debates around tracking that will anchor the key concepts for you.

If this issue around social class and schooling interests you, there are so many cool resources to check out. PBS did a great project called People Like Us that you can watch or explore via their website. The Center for Working Class Studies in Ohio has a ton of resources to explore.



As always, make sure you have all of your articles with you in class. We will definitely be using the text in our activities next week.

Gender and Children's Culture

Some resources from class today...

Cinderella Ate My Daughter (2011)

Free to Be You and Me (1972)

Judith Butler, 'girling of the girl' (1990)


Ladies First!!

From today's news....

Given our topic this week -- Title IX -- thought I would share this article from today's news.

Powerful reminder that gender still matters in 2011...