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Tag: philosophy of education

Merritt speaker Lynda Stone to explore motivating youth past politics to action

October 10, 2019 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

It happened in a heavily traveled minority neighborhood south of the center of San Francisco. Mary Lou Vanilla, a beloved art teacher at a nearby school, lived at a dangerous and unguarded intersection along Army Street. The number of deaths there deeply

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Merritt speaker James M. Giarelli looks at ‘After-School Era’ future of education

October 2, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

James M. Giarelli is old enough to remember when the family physician made house calls. “The doctor driving to our house, in his own car, coming into our house with the little black bag, taking care of my sister and me,” muses

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Keeping all the balls in the air: Honors lauds Leslie A. Sassone with Great Professor Award

March 29, 2018 Mark McGowan enewsletter, LEPF

Among the many decorations adorning Leslie A. Sassone’s office in Graham Hall is a small photograph she snapped years ago at a Grateful Dead Furthur Festival concert. The picture shows a woman reading a book, paying little or no attention to the

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Merritt speaker to encourage valuing ‘everyday actions’

October 13, 2016 Mark McGowan LEPF

Good is all around us, Angela B. Hurley believes. Unfortunately, says the professor of education at Transylvania University, the negative often distracts our attention and drowns whatever impact something positive might have made. For example, almost everyone turns their eyes toward parents

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