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October 24, 2015
Somehow I missed that: The Washington Times picked up an Associated Press announcement about the forum I organized for Judge Reeves last October. I’m noticing now that I’m finally finishing up the last bits of the reporting on the Mississippi Humanities Council Grant that supported the event. Cool! The world is watching Oxford, MS.
The Clarion Ledger
Online January 9, 2016, in print on January 10th
Online January 9, 2016, in print on January 10th
Check out this great author interview that Jana Hoops put together for The Clarion Ledger on Uniting Mississippi.
Here’s my first piece in the Hechinger Report. It’s again on the subject of the students’ request to take the state flag down. In this case, I’ve written to a national audience, rather than just to a Mississippi audience (Clarion Ledger). Check it out.
The Clarion Ledger
Online 10/30/2015, in print on 11/1/15.
Online 10/30/2015, in print on 11/1/15.
The Oxford Eagle
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Photo by Lyndy Berryhill of The Oxford Eagle, 2015. Posted here with permission.
Judge Reeves’s talk and visit to my class went better than I could have hoped. Here’s a great article that the Oxford Eagle published about the open forum discussion, which was sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Thanks to all who came and thanks to the College of Liberal Arts, the Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, and the Mississippi Humanities Council.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
October 13, 2015
October 13, 2015
The Clinton School for Public Service at the University of Arkansas Little Rock does a nice job of getting the word out about their speakers series. Here’s an announcement in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette about my upcoming talk on Uniting Mississippi, which will be on October 19th at noon in Sturgis Hall.
The announcement has details about the where and when, and an email address plus phone number for anyone who’d like to reserve seats.
The Prindle Post
September 1, 2015
September 1, 2015
I’ll post the full article here in a few weeks to archive it on my site. For now, go read it on The Prindle Post. I am impressed with what the folks at Depauw University are up to in Indiana, at their Prindle Institute for Ethics. Their periodical is the new way to publish, without a doubt. Newspapers are great, but those folks starting out on the Web don’t have to worry about how best to transition. They’re more than a blog and don’t have the cumbersome print concerns.
If you’re interested in the issue of corporal punishment in our public schools, check out my 2013 interview with SVT Nyheter, Sweden’s national TV news service. Soon, I’ll post my Clarion Ledger article from earlier that year on the topic. That article was part of what caught the attention of the Swedish TV folks. When I post that article, I’ll update this post with a link.
Listen to the interview here:
This episode of “Behind the Blue” spotlights one of the six Great Teacher Award winners for 2024. Eric Thomas Weber is an associate professor in the UK Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation in the College of Education. He specializes in the philosophy of education, ethics and public policy, political philosophy and American philosophy.
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