http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/2008/02/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:30:07 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/bmores-finest.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/bmores-finest.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/bmores-finest.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:30:07 -0800 Looks like the C's are going to pick-up Sam Cassell, native of Baltimore, MD. Good addition to the team... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/bmores-finest.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdff9480003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> nba boston celtics http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:21:04 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf9ff10002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf9ff10002-50si" alt="Disco" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> "Old School Disco" with a basketball court on one side. Photo was taken in 2003, outside of Belzoni, MS. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/old-school-disco.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdfa0520002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mississippi delta juke joint http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:27 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f44d0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f44d0004-50si" alt="Bryant&#39;s Store in Money, MS" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This is all that remains of Bryant's Store in Money, MS. Fourteen-year-old African-American Emmett Till was kidnapped, tortured, and murdered, for saying "Bye, baby" to Carolyn Bryant as he left this store in 1955. Bryant, a white woman whose h... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/money-ms.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f4d10004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money mississippi civil rights movement mississippi delta emmett till http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/memorial-hill.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/memorial-hill.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/memorial-hill.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:46:38 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf49880002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdf49880002-50si" alt="Memorial Hill" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Here is another photo of the Fairest College of Them All, Memorial Hill, taken in the spring of 2007. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/memorial-hill.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0f0530005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> amherst college memorial hill http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/drew-house.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/drew-house.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/drew-house.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:31:37 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdefbe50002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cdefbe50002-50si" alt="Drew House" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> I lived in Drew House sophomore year at Amherst College. I took this photo in the spring of 2007. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/drew-house.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cfdb99f0001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> amherst college drew house http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/outside-issues.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/outside-issues.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/outside-issues.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:24:29 -0800 Posts on attrition here and here. Posts on low pay, classroom management, intensity, and administration. Outside issues, as a reason for leaving the teaching profession, can include anything from having to take care of an ill family member to m... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/outside-issues.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398e0506e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> attrition mississippi teacher corps http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/oscar-redux.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/oscar-redux.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/oscar-redux.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:57:06 -0800 Batted six for eight on the Oscar picks... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/oscar-redux.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cfd1d830001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> oscars academy awards http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-of-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-of-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-of-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:42:26 -0800 Give Kucinich his due. Intense, well-written account of the soldiers of Battle Company, waging a losing fight with insurgents in Afghanistan. And with the pressures of five and six tours in combat: As Giunta said, “The richest, most-trained a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/links-of-the-week-1.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cfcfb140001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> politics mississippi new york times afghanistan the wire mccain superintendent kucinich david simon http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/administration.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/administration.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/administration.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 23 Feb 2008 12:39:18 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/book/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cde02060003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cde02060003-50si" alt="What They Don&#39;t Tell You in Schools of Education about School Administration" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Posts on attrition here and here. And here are the posts on low pay, classroom management, and intensity. After "burnout," dealing with difficult/disorganized/unsupportive administration is the factor most often cited by our teachers as to why t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/administration.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900e398df8f940004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> administration mississippi teacher corps http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/cheating-redux.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/cheating-redux.html?_c=feed-rss http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/cheating-redux.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:34:56 -0800 Steven Levitt, of Freakonomics fame, has a Q and A with the readers of his blog. Here is one part: Q: The “cheating teacher” analysis in Freakonomics was an elegant piece of work. Has it been used outside the original sample space, and applied t... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/cheating-redux.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cddb1760002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> testing education freakonomics