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...Harvard Crimson: What courses are each of you teaching now and what is your favorite part about each of them?David Damrosch: I’m doing a world literature survey course, for undergraduates: Literature 11. My favorite part of it is really finding interesting juxtapositions of works around the world. I have a lot of fun teaching it; for example, the Moliere play ‘Tartuffe’ along with Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s ‘The Love Suicides at Amijima’ is really fun... In this, what’s really interesting is these...
...Wood’s approach to literature, the arrogance of Wood’s crypto-normative approach. Whitehead assumed the voice of a pompous literary quack to make his point, “I have essayed to instruct your writers in how to write correctly. Now I will teach you to read correctly.” He himself has not been immune to criticism, however. His novels have been faulted for their refusal to directly confront issues of race head-on and the page-turning power of his plots have been called into question by more than one reviewer. Leader...
Seven years ago, Paul Harding was just starting out as an Expos preceptor. At nights he would teach fiction writing at the Harvard Extension School, then go home and help take care of his newborn son. “Once I had kids, I realized how much free time I used to have,” Harding says. “It was a kick in the ass; I couldn’t be precious about writing.” Over the next three years he would juggle his careers as educator and father, while completing his first major published...
...Road to Reform Clear standards, testing and assessments would permit more experimentation by schools and individual teachers. After Hurricane Katrina, a surge of young and creative educators went to New Orleans, led by Teach for America, New Leaders for New Schools, the New Schools Venture Fund and successful charter operators like KIPP Academies. Now more than 60% of the students are in charters, and test scores are improving. For such a system of experimentation to work, there need to be clear standards and assessments so that parents and administrators can know which schools are successful. Indeed, the entire national debate...
Regular folks don't get the distinction between certified teachers and qualified teachers - why the teachers' union wouldn't let Einstein teach physics to high school students because he wasn't certified. Isn't all that matters that our children learn? That teachers give students knowledge? And not how they became a teacher, whether it's from a traditional route or an alternative certification route. At the end of the day, it is not about a piece of paper coming [through] the door. It's about student achievement...