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Month: November 2013

  • A Conversation with John Stuart Mill

    If you haven’t read J.S. Mill’s classic work, I highly recommend it for 1 main reason: it is a keen and succulent defense of individual rights. The book changed my life, in a very painful and liberating way, because it forced me to be extra critical of the rules and…

  • Working Together for Educational Equity: What’s Missing from the TFA Debate

    Teach For America (TFA) articles are all the rage right now.  Over the past month and a half, the four articles linked below have received particular attention: “I Quit Teach for[sic] America” by Olivia Blanchard (The Atlantic, September 23) “Remember the ‘I Quit Teach for[sic] America’ essay?  Here’s the counterpoint.…