If you get the majority of your information about the performance of our local schools from the newspaper, then you might think things are going pretty well. Here's a handful of quotes the paper has printed about school corporation test results over the past few years, Vigo County School Corp. third-graders outperformed the state and … Continue reading Something Stinks: A Concerning Pattern in Education
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Eyes to Hear: How Videos Add Volume to the Cries of the Oppressed
- Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States How is it that something which has the power to reveal the truth and unite us, can so often and so easily divide us and make it even harder to reconcile? A few weeks ago when the video of Ahmaud Arbery's murder was … Continue reading Eyes to Hear: How Videos Add Volume to the Cries of the Oppressed
Beloved In Lexington
I recently went on a road trip to visit a seminary in eastern Tennessee, and along the way something I will never forget happened. Earlier in the week I had heard reports that Toni Morrison passed away, so in preparation for the trip I downloaded her novel Beloved. As I set out from my home … Continue reading Beloved In Lexington