Article Written By: Daisy CulkinsSkidmore College Abstract: Care is essential to the healthy development of children. If care is not provided within the child’s home, the second most influential sphere within a child’s life where care can be enacted is the school. Community psychology and motivational psychology shed light into how teachers can use care…
Call for Papers/Projects (UPDATED 12-6-2016) Care as a Humanizing Act in Education #CritEdPol, Swarthmore College’s Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies, announces an open call for undergraduate papers/projects for our next issue. The theme for the issue is: care mobilized as a necessary and humanizing act within education policy. In popular discourse on education, care…
We, the Critical Education Policies Studies (CEPS) group at Swarthmore College are delighted to share the first issue of #CritEdPol, A Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies at Swarthmore College. #CritEdPol is a space for critical discussions of education policies and education-related issues, and their relationships to various communities and educational practice. Doing critical education policy…
#CritEdPol, A Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies at Swarthmore College is an open access journal published by the Critical Education Policies Studies (CEPS) group at Swarthmore College. #CritEdPol is a space for critical discussions of education policies and education-related issues, and their relationships to various communities and educational practice. Doing critical education…
The Critical Education Policy Studies group at Swarthmore College is delighted to announce the publication of our first first issue of #CritEdPol About #CritEdPol #CritEdPol, A Journal of Critical Education Policy Studies at Swarthmore College is an open access journal published by the Critical Education Policies Studies (CEPS) group at Swarthmore College. #CritEdPol is a…
The Hydra of Educational Reform: Racial Capitalism and Market-Based School Reforms Sun, April 10, 2:45 to 4:15pm, Marriott Marquis, Washginton DC Level Four, Independence Salon F Abstract Over the last twenty years, critical education scholarship has turned to the concept of “neoliberal education” reform to describe how market-based reforms and policies reproduce social inequality. At…
As part of Native Heritage Month at Swarthmore College 2015, the Native American Students Association and the Department of Educational Studies at Swarthmore College hosted a discussion between Dr. Sandy Grande and Edwin Mayorga on the role of education in colonialism and the process of decolonizing the education system. Sandy Grande is an Associate professor and Chair…
Having worked with graduate and undergraduate students and organizing with educators and families I’ve found that we don’t have enough discussion around policy. To be real, reading policies and reading about policy issues can sometimes be tedious and challenging. Policies often use a lot of jargon that only a few people are familiar with, and…
A TAGPhilly 6th Annual Education for Liberation Conference Event #BlackLivesMatter: Centering Racial Justice in Our Fight for Public Education Friday, April 24, 2015 #WhatsRace Book Conversation Wooden Shoe Books 704 South Street 630 pm Download PDF Our Conversation: Join chapter author, Amy Brown, and book co-editors Bree Picower & Edwin Mayorga, in a conversation about What’s…