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  • Education Reform in the Deep South, part two

    Education Reform in the Deep South, part two

    Welcome to Eclectic offers long-form ruminations on the modern diverse South, education, sustainability, and social justice. Continued from earlier post: “Education Reform in the Deep…

  • Deep Southern Gardening: A Welcome Spring

    When the first day of spring came last week, I was very glad. I really don’t like winter, and the assorted colors of budding and…

  • A writer-editor-teacher’s quote of the week #7

    A writer-editor-teacher’s quote of the week #7

    *This week’s quote is dedicated to the wide array of American school “reformers.” “Almost nothing is so disconcerting to literacy experts as biased and poorly…

  • The War on Poverty, 50 years Later

    Fifty years ago, in early 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson publicly called for a “War on Poverty.” This far-reaching effort in the mid-1960s brought about…