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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 14h

These are labor-intensive forms of teaching, requiring expertise and also relatively small classes. They emphatically do not work with the idea of a de-skilled professorate and complicated the very notion of "student-led"—helpful to keep in mind when admin suggests "flipped" = less work or whatever

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 14h

The thing about "flipped classrooms"is that the practice is not actually new at all. Seminars could be called flipped classrooms. Ditto labs. Ed is full classes where students take in ideas/information/concepts on their own and then work through them together ...

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 2d

IDK, man. School started 2 weeks ago for us, and once again students remind me that they’re so curious and interested in the world and anxious to ask big questions. We hear that these questions are no longer useful or relevant, but wherever that’s coming from, it’s not what students believe.

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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 1d

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 1d

New at PB: As part of a series exploring higher ed under Trump, curated by @dennismhogan.bsky.social, @annaeclark.bsky.social discusses the way the Common Core failed us—and opened doors for Trump’s direct attack on academic freedom and funding sources.

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Dennis Hogan @dennismhogan.bsky.social · 2d

Must-read!!

Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Colleen Kelly @colleenkelly.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s as though the modes of thinking intrinsic to the liberal arts have been fracked: excavated from their pedagogical bedrock; processed into generic, blandly adaptable ‘skills’; and then injected back into our curricula and institutions, albeit in a barely recognizable state”

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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John Downes-Angus @johndownesangus.bsky.social · 2d

“Today, when the failures of K-12 education are tallied, what tends to get mentioned is not the diminishment of opportunities for rich thought and intellectual exploration at the high school level.”

This is, ironically, the failure that harms the vast majority of kids—great, necessary essay.

Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks, Joel!

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 2d

Sign me up for whatever group wants to talk through these problems, particularly if we can use articles like this to help our thinking.

Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 2d

"Most college professors I know would place skills such as comfort with nuance, complex language, and abstract thinking far above comprehending informational texts in a list of desirable college-bound student traits. The Common Core, however, begs to differ."

Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 2d

let’s have a conference

Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about the divide between high school and college English, and what we might do to bridge it, for @publicbooks.bsky.social—part of an excellent roundtable on higher ed under Trump organized by @dennismhogan.bsky.social

www.publicbooks.org/toward-the-h...

Toward the Higher- and Secondary-Ed Alliance! - Public Books

The influence of K-12 policy and pedagogy on higher ed can perhaps be seen best in the trickle-up effect of the standards of the Common Core.

www.publicbooks.org

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 4d

I asked but lizard declined to be named. Still bitter about the cat, I think

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 4d

update: I have a house lizard now. We’re friends, I think?

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 5d

I’ll just never sleep again I guess it’s totally fine

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 5d

My cat brought a lizard into the house and then it escaped her maw and now I can’t find it and I guess this is just my life now: roommate to two sworn enemies, both of which may climb into my bed while I slumber at any moment but whatever it’s fine

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 5d

💯

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 5d

I am a runner and I never want to hear the words “luteal phase” again. Some skepticism about these hyperbolic claims about what you should and should not do for like a quarter of your life is so overdue

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 5d

“Dingy” is such a great adjective—beloved by Wharton and James but entirely out of favor now, or at least evacuated of class connotations. So much is truly dingy though! Most medical waiting rooms. Airports. Airplanes. Every place where money can buy insulation from inconvenience for a select few.

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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 6d

#litcrit pals, a really interesting question about the history of discipline from a graduate student here, a question that has me totally stumped:
"which journal in literary criticism was the first to implement modern peer review?" (I think he might mean blind review)
Thank you for your suggestions!

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 6d

Especially glad for the “practical materials“ chapter at the end, which is great if you are someone who cares not only to read closely, but also convince students it’s a worthwhile thing to do.

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 6d

In the category of good things entering the world of ideas: this smart and beautifully conceived collection of essays close reading superlative close readings from @johannawinant.bsky.social @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social from @princetonupress.bsky.social

Book cover with title: Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, Ed. Sinykin and Winant

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Erin Grievances @erinbartram.bsky.social · 7d

If you are a supporter and reader of @contingent-mag.bsky.social one of the biggest things you can do to help us at the moment is get this CFP to the NTT folks in your life. The fracturing of social media has made it very difficult to get the word out esp. to adjuncts and VAPs.

CFP: A Time of Monsters

The monster has been here all along. It is a historical constant that manifests in wildly different ways across time, place, and culture. Whatever form it takes, the monster claws at categories; it un...

contingentmagazine.org

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Anna E. Clark @annaeclark.bsky.social · 7d

I love it when a seemingly normal human reveals themselves to be a Horse Person. I love horses too, but, like, theoretically. The commitment! The logistics! The rich personal backstory this all implies!

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