[Xmca-l] Re: Peter Smagorinsky's piece today for the Atlanta Journal Constitution

[Helen Grimmett]

Inspiring stuff! Thanks Peter for writing it and for your explanation here
about the reasons behind it. And thanks Robert for sharing it with us.

Cheers,
Helen


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On 24 April 2015 at 06:52, Greg Thompson <greg.a.thompson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Counter-narratives!
> Essential stuff!
> -greg
>
> On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Peter Smagorinsky <smago@uga.edu> wrote:
>
> > Thanks so much Robert. FYI I began writing profiles of great teachers in
> > Georgia, the state where both Robert and I live in the USA, a few years
> ago
> > when I became discouraged by the constant negative attention that the
> media
> > direct at public education. I actually wrote this one several weeks ago,
> > but it got bumped back because the Atlanta Public Schools cheating
> scandal
> > trial dominated the local news--so it serves as a counterpoint to the
> > belief held by many in the public that all public school teachers out
> there
> > are cheats and bums, and that we need charters, private school vouchers,
> > etc., to save us from the decline of civilization (US civilization that
> is).
> >
> > The whole series is at http://smago.coe.uga.edu/vita/vitaweb.htm#OpEd
> > along with the other public writing I've done on education, teaching,
> > policy, etc., mostly for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution but other
> outlets
> > as well. I encourage anyone out there who finds the discursive climate of
> > education to be depressing to write counter-narratives of your own to
> help
> > demonstrate what great teaching looks like and how great teachers manage
> to
> > do it in spite of limitations on their work instituted by policymakers.
> I'm
> > fortunate to live in a state where the main newspaper has a prominent
> > education blog, but there should be outlets everywhere for publishing
> more
> > positive narratives about school.
> >
> > Peter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xmca-l-bounces+smago=uga.edu@mailman.ucsd.edu [mailto:
> > xmca-l-bounces+smago=uga.edu@mailman.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Lake
> > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 11:40 AM
> > To: CultureActivity eXtended Mind; eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> > Subject: [Xmca-l] Peter Smagorinsky's piece today for the Atlanta Journal
> > Constitution
> >
> > Hi Everyone,
> > Peter Smagorinsky wrote a fabulous piece about an extraordinary 3rd grade
> > teacher in today's* Atlanta Journal-Constitution*, that is certainly
> > relevant to XCMA readers .
> > *Robert*
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Smagorinsky, P. (2015, April 23).  A teacher who understands third
> graders
> > need play, joy and calm to learn. *Atlanta Journal-Constitution*.
> Available
> > at
> >
> http://getschooled.blog.ajc.com/2015/04/23/a-teacher-who-understands-third-graders-need-play-joy-and-calm-to-learn/
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Robert Lake  Ed.D.
> > Associate Professor
> > Social Foundations of Education
> > Dept. of Curriculum, Foundations, and Reading Georgia Southern University
> > Secretary/Treasurer-AERA- Paulo Freire Special Interest Group P. O. Box
> > 8144
> > Phone: (912) 478-0355
> > Fax: (912) 478-5382
> > Statesboro, GA  30460
> > *He not busy being born is busy dying.*
> > Bob Dylan (1964).
> >
> >
>
>
> --
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>