Last Wednesday I arrived to campus at approximately 9:00am. After having a quick conversation with a fellow doctoral student I decided to take a walk on campus. While on my walk I was greeted by a familiar face, a service worker who I often have a 30 second conversation with, usually consisting of the weather and weekend plans. We had… Read more →
Education in today’s society is a definitive indicator of an individual’s earning potential and social mobility. In light of this reality, parents are constantly searching for ways to provide their children with a quality education that would afford them a greater earning potential and the possibility of upward social mobility. Unfortunately, however, access to a quality education is not equally… Read more →
Last Tuesday the Warner School hosted a screening of Schooling the World, with a fantastic panel discussion afterward. The film covers a lot of ground, from economic globalization and neocolonial ideology to sustainable farming and the Buddhist aspects of Ladakh culture. It attempts, successfully in my opinion, to disrupt simple conceptions of schooling, progress, development, wealth, culture and what it… Read more →
As I sat at my desk – situated in the basement of the graduate student office of The Warner School of Education – the evening of November 8th, I had overlooked that in less than a half an hour the Pauline Lipman Scandling Lecture would begin. At the same time, I also realized that I was wearing a hooded sweatshirt… Read more →
Note: In case you missed my last post, I mentioned that with every entry I am going to include a picture from my personal life. Whether related to the week’s topic or not, I hope to give you a small glimpse into who I am. In honor of Sunday’s running of the Chicago Marathon, this week’s picture features “the bean.” … Read more →
Here’s a quick update regarding my first five days in Uganda. As I write below, sending e-mails is difficult. At the school where I am staying, I only have electricity for a short time and the internet is incredibly slow. It takes me 15 minutes from pressing send on one message to where I can open another message. Here’s a… Read more →
I’m off Monday, May 23rd, to Kampala, Uganda to work with teachers at the Circle of Peace School on developing and implementing curriculum on energy, sustainability, and development that builds on the technological innovations brought to the school by AHEAD Energy in Rochester. Beyond what I learn over the next weeks, I have several goals. One is to for the… Read more →
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