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Experimenting on Cities: “Inevitable Dynamic”?
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Urban Populism: When “Best Practices” Mean Less Power
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“Stuck” in the City
Tuesday night I was all excited about the Camden Christmas Parade, and wanted to share with you a few of my thoughts with an emphasis on excitement and video. Today, I want to wonk out a bit about one of my favorite topics: the misleading language of being “stuck” in the city. One of the … Continue reading “Stuck” in the City…
What I’m Reading: A Prof Boycotts TFA
My sister passed this along to me, and I’m passing it right along to you: Why I’m calling on all university faculty to refuse to write letters of recommendation to TFA Excerpt: The simple fact is, students who apply to TFA are not trained to be teachers. So, in a very simple sense, by refusing … Continue reading What I’m Reading: A Prof Boycotts TFA…
An Introduction to Local Knowledge
In my first class, I asked my students what they thought of this video of the protests over the demolition of public housing in New Orleans: They responded that protest needed to be rational to be effective. That protestors were “too emotional” and weren’t appealing to enough facts. The very way these communicated resulted in … Continue reading An Introduction to Local Knowledge…