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There’S Nothing Novel About Our Disdain For Education: Teaching In The Midst Of Covid-19, Kristen A. Marakoff Jun 2021

There’S Nothing Novel About Our Disdain For Education: Teaching In The Midst Of Covid-19, Kristen A. Marakoff

New Jersey English Journal

Teachers are inundated with messaging about the “failure” of the education system in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. But problems with the education system are not novel, and dismissal of the accomplishments of teachers in the midst of those obstacles also predates COVID-19.


The 1995 Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act And The Cps Ceo: A Historical Examination Of The Adminstration Of Ceos Paul Vallas And Arne Duncan, Leviis Haney Jan 2011

The 1995 Chicago School Reform Amendatory Act And The Cps Ceo: A Historical Examination Of The Adminstration Of Ceos Paul Vallas And Arne Duncan, Leviis Haney

Dissertations

This study provides a historical analysis of the 1995 Chicago School Reform Act, as well as an analysis of the tenures of Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officers Paul Vallas and Arne Duncan. It provides an analysis of words and actions of the two CEOs through the interpretive framework of Thomas Serviovanni's Five Sources of Authority. The sources of authority are bureaucratic, psychological, technical-rational, professional and moral. Each source of authority represents certain assumptions that are dominant if the particular source is primarily utilized.

This dissertation will answer six questions through the lens of Sergiovanni's Five Sources of Authority: What …


Interview With George Schmidt, Melena Grace Nicholson Apr 2010

Interview With George Schmidt, Melena Grace Nicholson

Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement

Length: 154 minutes

Oral history interview of George Schmidt by Melena Grace Nicholson

Chicago Public School teacher and union activist, George Schmidt discusses his work as editor of Substance a newspaper covering public education that he helped found in 1975. His activism was sparked during his college years and he recounts his work during his teaching career. He was involved in the G.I. movement and military counseling, working with ZANU (Zimbabwe African National Union), and people in Angola and Mozambique, before becoming a teacher. His interest in military counseling and the G.I. movement stems from his own parents’ experience during …


The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University Jan 2009

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

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