A look at the role Democrats played in the formation of Philadelphia’s (now defunct!) School Reform Commission.

How do we learn the link between speech and money? What is the process of formation that
legitimates the logic whereby speech is equivalent to money? What are the experiences, events, and subjectivities
that render the connection between currency and speaking/listening intuitive? As educators and researchers,
what do we do and say to shore up…[Read more]

In this article, David I. Backer introduces the politics of recitation as a third realm for research on recitation pedagogy, in addition to process and product. Recitation is the pattern of classroom talk where a teacher asks a question, a student responds to the question, and the teacher evaluates the response. Research on classroom talk shows…[Read more]

In a majority of cases observed in classrooms over the last several decades, what has gone
by the name “discussion” is not discussion, but rather an interaction better known as recitation. If one
sees this phenomenon as a problem, then an aspect of its resolution must be theoretical (as opposed
to empirical or pedagogical): What series of con…[Read more]

Reviews of Tyson Lewis’s book “On Study.”

How a pedagogy of study can work against the neoliberal university, from a psychoanalytic-Marxist perspective.

A history of the horizontal pedagogy workshop, which took place in Trump Tower as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City.

An argument for rethinking online discussion as an entirely different form of interaction than in-person discussion.

Application of Avital Ronnell’s theory of the “test drive” to high-stakes standardized testing in K-12 schooling.

A practical and poetic guide to facilitating discussions.

History, theory, and practice of Harkness pedagogy.