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"01a0bde1-04e2-7307-ab1a-0cefc698a6d2", "title": "Shadows on the Cave", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/04/shadows-on-the-cave/", "published_at": "2021-04-22T01:28:21+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde1-04e2-7307-ab1a-0cefc6ad33fd", "title": "Vygotsky: My Final Take", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/03/vygotsky-my-final-take/", "published_at": "2021-03-28T15:26:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-74ec-7347-921f-e053ee584063", "title": "There’s a lot there: One chapter of Vygotsky’s “Thought and Language”", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/03/theres-a-lot-there-one-chapter-of-vygotskys-thought-and-language/", "published_at": "2021-03-07T01:11:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-74ec-7347-921f-e053eedd947a", "title": "Time to Read Vygotsky", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/03/time-to-read-vygotsky/", "published_at": "2021-03-02T14:39:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-74ec-7347-921f-e053ef6038b1", "title": "Taking the Long View", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/02/taking-the-long-view/", "published_at": "2021-02-22T22:56:53+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-74ec-7347-921f-e053f0168557", "title": "Diane Ravitch: The Revisionists Revised", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/02/diane-ravitch-the-revisionists-revised/", "published_at": "2021-02-22T02:29:48+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-74ec-7347-921f-e053f0ac701b", "title": "Cremin II: Public Education and the Education of the Public (1976)", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/02/cremin-ii-public-education-and-the-education-of-the-public-1976/", "published_at": "2021-02-02T03:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-74ec-7347-921f-e053f0f46379", "title": "Lawrence Cremin", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2021/01/lawrence-cremin/", "published_at": "2021-01-30T01:36:55+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde3-74ec-7347-921f-e053f1aed5e5", "title": "Skinner’s Metaphors", "url": 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"01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938eaf07c3b", "title": "Done with Giroux", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/done-with-giroux/", "published_at": "2020-08-21T02:05:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938eb4865ee", "title": "Radical Democracy", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/radical-democracy/", "published_at": "2020-08-20T01:59:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938eb50a36c", "title": "Critical Race Theory: Packer vs. Coates", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/critical-race-theory-packer-vs-coates/", "published_at": "2020-08-16T04:36:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938eb999b7b", "title": "The Importance of Theory", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/the-importance-of-theory/", "published_at": "2020-08-10T13:08:18+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938ebabc7be", "title": "Liberalism: The Worst System — Except for all of Those Other Ones", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/liberalism-the-worst-system-except-for-all-of-those-other-ones/", "published_at": "2020-08-07T14:15:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938ec54cd77", "title": "On the Day After an Adventure", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/on-the-day-after-an-adventure/", "published_at": "2020-08-05T15:11:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938ecfd7d82", "title": "The Death of Men’s Jackets", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/the-death-of-mens-jackets/", "published_at": "2020-08-03T14:47:27+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938eda81e7a", "title": "Critical . . . of What?", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/critical-of-what/", "published_at": "2020-08-02T15:50:54+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0bde5-e46b-7066-8585-1938ee585da7", "title": "Radical Pluralism", "url": "https://notesfromthenorthcountry.com/2020/08/radical-pluralism/", "published_at": "2020-08-01T16:16:40+00:00" } 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I Just Don’t Get It: The Educational Philosophy of Michael Oakeshott original ↗

12 Jun 2026

2025

On Woodworking original ↗

28 Nov 2025

To Change All Worlds original ↗

20 Aug 2025

Louise Rosenblatt: Literature as Exploration original ↗

6 Aug 2025

Meno original ↗

19 May 2025

George Counts: Dare the School Build a New Social Order?original ↗

21 Apr 2025

John Gatto: Against School original ↗

20 Apr 2025

John Rawls: A Theory of Justice original ↗

11 Feb 2025

Neil Postman: Teaching as a Conserving Activity original ↗

1 Feb 2025

2024

Foucault’s Notion of Power original ↗

8 May 2024

Benjamin Bloom: The Father of Proficiency-Based Learning original ↗

23 Mar 2024

On Kant: Sage of Duty original ↗

28 Jan 2024

2023

Street Data original ↗

3 Nov 2023

The Cult of Smart original ↗

24 Jul 2023

What is “Equity” in Education?original ↗

20 Jul 2023

Rousseau’s Emile — This Time I Got It original ↗

20 Jul 2023

Susan Neiman: The Dangers of Tribalism original ↗

18 May 2023

The Liberals are Coming original ↗

16 May 2023

John Stuart Mill’s “On Liberty”: The Importance of Free Expression original ↗

4 May 2023

Norm-Referenced vs. Criterion-Referenced Grading: A Key Window into Our Ed Values original ↗

23 Apr 2023

Does John Dewey Care About Subject Matter?original ↗

20 Mar 2023

Dewey’s Morality: Human Nature and Conduct original ↗

7 Mar 2023

Pragmatism: Provisional Truth, or Relativism?original ↗

2 Mar 2023

The Seeds of Revolution: Rousseau’s A Discourse on Inequality original ↗

19 Feb 2023

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan: The Philosophy to “Get Through”original ↗

13 Feb 2023

On the Morning After the Sixities — Joan Didion original ↗

4 Feb 2023

Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics: The Problem at the Heart of It original ↗

4 Feb 2023

Locke’s Second Treatise of Government original ↗

30 Jan 2023

The Birth of the Enlightenment: John Locke’s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding original ↗

20 Jan 2023

John Locke’s “Some Thoughts Concerning Education”: Not at All What I Thought it Would Be original ↗

18 Jan 2023

The Montessori Method original ↗

4 Jan 2023

2022

Liberalism: The Critiques original ↗

5 Dec 2022

Liberalism and Its Discontents original ↗

29 Nov 2022

What Makes a Stylish Whitewater Kayaker?original ↗

20 Nov 2022

Understanding by Design original ↗

15 Nov 2022

Bloom’s Taxonomy: More Subtle Than I Thought original ↗

12 Nov 2022

Liberalism-Plus original ↗

30 Oct 2022

Paine v. Burke original ↗

19 Jul 2022

Emile: Rousseau as the Founder of Modern Child-Centered Education original ↗

11 Jul 2022

Adam Smith: The Theory of Moral Sentiments original ↗

8 Jul 2022

Marx’s Humanization original ↗

2 Jun 2022

Freire’s Purpose: Humanization original ↗

26 May 2022

Reflections on Edmund Burke original ↗

24 Apr 2022

A Moment for Free Speech original ↗

19 Mar 2022

The Hidden Curriculum: Does it Exist?original ↗

15 Mar 2022

The Blank Slate original ↗

15 Mar 2022

Why We Read? (Part VI: Moral Complexity, Understanding Human Nature)original ↗

21 Feb 2022

Art Theory original ↗

20 Feb 2022

Hylomorphism original ↗

19 Feb 2022

Trying to Understand Why I Like Watching Soccer original ↗

17 Feb 2022

What makes a good reading curriculum? (Part V: More Ideas)original ↗

4 Feb 2022

What makes a good reading curriculum (Part IV: The Ideas)original ↗

3 Feb 2022

What Makes a Good Reading Curriculum? Part III: The Search for Ideas original ↗

11 Jan 2022

What are the goals of a good high school reading curriculum? (Part II – The Social Justice Era)original ↗

10 Jan 2022

Why Read? (What are the goals of a good reading curriculum?)original ↗

10 Jan 2022

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So what is “traditional” education, anyway? (A historical perspective)original ↗

18 Dec 2021

What I Hate About Twitter original ↗

23 Nov 2021

Critical Thinking Versus Critical Theory original ↗

22 Nov 2021

The Categorical Imperative original ↗

20 Nov 2021

What does it mean to have the “constrained” vision of education?original ↗

31 Oct 2021

Thomas Sowell: A Conflict of Visions original ↗

17 Oct 2021

Cynical Theories original ↗

5 Oct 2021

Against Critical Theory original ↗

4 Oct 2021

The History of PBL, Part 5: The Minimum Competency Testing Movement original ↗

3 Aug 2021

Origins of Proficiency-Based Learning, Part 4: Did Rebecca Holcombe understand PBL?original ↗

1 Aug 2021

The Origins of Proficiency: Part 3 — Mastery Learning original ↗

30 Jul 2021

Beyond the Podium original ↗

29 Jul 2021

Bloom’s Curve original ↗

21 Jul 2021

The Wisdom of The Federalist original ↗

20 Jul 2021

Origins of PBL, Part II: PBL is just Outcome-Based Learning (lite)original ↗

14 Jul 2021

Proficiency-Based Learning: Where Did it Come From? Part 1 original ↗

13 Jul 2021

The Constitution of Knowledge original ↗

6 Jul 2021

Different Approaches to PBL in Vermont High Schools, A Study: Initial Impressions original ↗

29 Jun 2021

Screaming in Public original ↗

23 Jun 2021

Proficiency-Based Learning in Vermont, Part 2: The Benefits and the Drawbacks original ↗

13 May 2021

Reflections on Proficiency-Based Learning in Vermont original ↗

13 May 2021

Reflections on Proficiency-Based Learning In Vermont (Part 1)original ↗

11 May 2021

The Dreamkeepers original ↗

3 May 2021

Shadows on the Cave original ↗

22 Apr 2021

Vygotsky: My Final Take original ↗

28 Mar 2021

There’s a lot there: One chapter of Vygotsky’s “Thought and Language”original ↗

7 Mar 2021

Time to Read Vygotsky original ↗

2 Mar 2021

Taking the Long View original ↗

22 Feb 2021

Diane Ravitch: The Revisionists Revised original ↗

22 Feb 2021

Cremin II: Public Education and the Education of the Public (1976)original ↗

2 Feb 2021

Lawrence Cremin original ↗

30 Jan 2021

Skinner’s Metaphors original ↗

16 Jan 2021

The Teaching Gap original ↗

10 Jan 2021

Teaching Ethics in School original ↗

3 Jan 2021

2020

Discouraging Creativity as a Teacher original ↗

29 Dec 2020

In Their Natural State original ↗

24 Dec 2020

Done with Giroux original ↗

21 Aug 2020

Radical Democracy original ↗

20 Aug 2020

Critical Race Theory: Packer vs. Coates original ↗

16 Aug 2020

The Importance of Theory original ↗

10 Aug 2020

Liberalism: The Worst System — Except for all of Those Other Ones original ↗

7 Aug 2020

On the Day After an Adventure original ↗

5 Aug 2020

The Death of Men’s Jackets original ↗

3 Aug 2020

Critical . . . of What?original ↗

2 Aug 2020

Radical Pluralism original ↗

1 Aug 2020