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Social Issues is a blog maintained by the John Dewey Society's Commission on Social Issues.

Friday, October 31, 2008

Follow Up: Election Fraud

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The Register UK reports this week , Vote- Flipping in the US Election is the term used to describe the most recent case of malfunctioning El...
Friday, October 24, 2008

An Early Modern Prophet?

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“From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a dreary scen...
Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Teachers with Guns

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Classes have begun in a school where teachers are allowed to carry guns. As some may have read about a few months ago, a small Texas School ...
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Monday, October 20, 2008

John Dewey in Turkey: Lessons for today

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The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed on October 29, 1923. As its first President, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk sought to establish the modern Turk...
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Sunday, October 12, 2008

Robert Slavin and Rip Van Winkle

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At a recent seminar I attended, a presenter used the following quote from psychologist Robert Slavin: If Rip Van Winkle had been a physician...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Election Fraud? : Let the Games Begin...

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What is the potential for election fraud in the coming election? While everyone is so busy worrying about who will become President (as they...
Sunday, October 5, 2008

Academic Capitalism Watch: Corruption in Medical Research

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The New York Times reports that high profile, influential medical leaders have hidden from their universities their incomes from high-pay co...
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Sunday, September 28, 2008

Aesthetic inequality?

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At the moment I'm re-reading Democracy and Education , something probably worth doing every few years. I came across the following pass...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Obama: The Education Radical?

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Today's Wall Street Journal published an op-ed entitled " Obama and Ayers Pushed Radicalism on Schools" by Stanley Kurtz , a ...
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Sunday, September 21, 2008

“I Came a Stranger” by Hilda Polacheck

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I just finished reading I Came a Stranger: The Story of a Hull-House Girl , by Hilda Satt Polacheck, and edited by her daughter, Dena J. Pol...
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