No Child Left Behind: No World Opened Up

(this post was written by Kyle on March 25, 2006, and it concerns & & & & & & & )

The NY Times is reporting that a survey by the Center on Education policy has “found that since the passage of the federal [No Child Left Behind law], 71 percent of the nation’s 15,000 school districts had reduced the hours of instructional time spent on history, music and other subjects to open up more time [...]

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Where do all the books belong?

(this post was written by Kyle on February 21, 2006, and it concerns & & & & & & & & )

Over on Ain’t I A Woman, in a post entitled, “How do we hear certain voices?,” Dawn’s started an interesting discussion about the concept of minority shelving in bookstores — you know, the whole “Gay/Lesbian Literature” and “African-American Literature” thing (actually, the post is about the more abstract concept of “categorization,” but she gets [...]

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What I Learned During the Week of January 22-28

(this post was written by Kyle on January 27, 2006, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & )

Last Friday, I introduced a new feature here on Fluid Imagination called Gobbledygook. The Gobbledygook posts are a catch-all for the things I’ve learned over the past week. So, why don’t we get started?
Here’s what I learned this week…

…from moving pictures:

That the tragedy of Malcolm X is not that he was killed, but that he [...]

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ID Ruling

(this post was written by Kyle on December 21, 2005, and it concerns & & & & & & & & & & & & & )

For the reasons that follow, we hold that the I[ntelligent] D[esign] Policy is unconstitutional pursuant to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and Art. I, § 3 of the Pennsylvania Constituion.

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