On the time limitations faced by Kentucky educators addressing bullying
This is 2 of 2 in a short series of posts on WKYT’s reporting of Kentucky schools working to address bullying. The prior post provided a little context to the difficulties inconsistent definitions of...
View ArticleOregon has sworn in America’s first bisexual governor … so here’s some...
The first openly bisexual politician, Kate Brown, was sworn in as Oregon’s governor this week (here; here). While Brown is not the only out bisexual in American politics, she is currently the highest...
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Academic workflow: My tagging scheme
Articles, book chapters, reports, and news articles have a way of accumulating “like whoa” in academia. With so many files to manage, a functional and flexible tagging system makes all the difference...
View ArticleA growing database of worthwhile queer young adult fiction
One of the challenges in teaching about gender and sexual identities is that students are afraid to discuss them outside of heteronormative binaries — straight men or women. This is especially true for...
View ArticleFour bills on bullying that Congress is just sitting on
The US Congress presently has four bills that include bullying and schools awaiting action. As of this writing, every one is languishing awaiting committee review — which is a prerequisite for getting...
View ArticleMichel Foucault on a Culture of the Self
I stumbled onto a right-cool recording of Foucault’s lecture at UC Berkeley on “The Culture of the Self” from back in April of 1983. Our current “politics of self” are grounded in the idea that there...
View ArticleUntil Americans let go of the notion that homosexuality is “sinful,” queer...
– Karen L. Graves Graves, K.L. (2009). And they were wonderful teachers: Florida’s purge of gay and lesbian teachers. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. p. 148
View ArticleDiscriminatory law will rarely discriminate explicitly: The case of Indiana’s...
I rarely foray out of the realm of educational policy. That said, Garrett Epps’ quick legal breakdown of Indiana’s “religious freedom law” (from over at The Atlantic) is well worth reading. Epps...
View ArticleAERA 2015: Day 1
With AERA’s 2015 meeting here at last, I’ve sorted through the program and pulled out the sessions I’ll be attending, provided timing and locations make attendance possible. Come on by and chat at this...
View ArticleNCES have released updates to their bullying statistics
The NCES released an update to their statistics on bullying in American schools last week. To those interested, you can find the data below. NCES 2015 Update More to come …
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