http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/2006/09/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:38:00 -0700 Copyright 2006 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:38:00 -0700 To paddle or not to paddle... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c64cd5.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900cd9724b6c64cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446b685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446b685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446b685e.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 30 Sep 2006 18:17:00 -0700 Lost our first first-year this week. "Kewper" decided she had enough and quit. This is the first time in three years, and of any class that I've recruited, that someone has quit during the year. Furthermore, she was teaching English II, which is ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446b685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446b685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4452685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4452685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4452685e.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 Sep 2006 19:36:00 -0700 Waterboarding, courtesy of the Khymer Rouge. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4452685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4452685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5463c7f.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5463c7f.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5463c7f.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:30:00 -0700 Flags... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5463c7f.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41432c5463c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062ba6a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062ba6a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062ba6a47.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:11:00 -0700 Paul Reickhoff, a year behind me at Amherst, has an op-ed in today's NYT about the Geneva Conventions. Paul's book, about his time as an Infantry Officer in Baghdad, is Chasing Ghosts. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062ba6a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062ba6a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669682be2b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669682be2b.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669682be2b.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Sep 2006 16:50:00 -0700 Great article and book about a current Ole Miss football player, Michael Oher, and the economics of high school, college, and pro football. NAEP profile of Mississippi. NAEP is the national assessment of schools, much more stingent than the state... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669682be2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669682be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669683be2b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669683be2b.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669683be2b.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 22 Sep 2006 16:10:00 -0700 Do drug dealers make a lot of money? The question came up a few weeks ago at one the Teacher Corps Saturday classes. The answer is here. The presenter, Steven Levitt, is an econmoics prof at the University of Chicago. His outstanding book (and ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669683be2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e669683be2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062876a47.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062876a47.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062876a47.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 21 Sep 2006 19:16:00 -0700 From dawn to dusk, the daily struggle of African women here. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062876a47.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143062876a47?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4451685e.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4451685e.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4451685e.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:38:00 -0700 Arthur Levine's latest work: Educating School Teachers. His contention: Schools of Education have low admission criteria and low performance criteria. He's right. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4451685e.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c4451685e?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e66968abe2b.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Mississippi Teacher Corps) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e66968abe2b.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e66968abe2b.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:56:00 -0700 Short (1-3 min) interviews with first and second-years. Shot on 9/16/06. Ashley Jake Deb Brian Adryon Joel Chris Aaron Index <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e66968abe2b.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d09e66968abe2b?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>