14 posts from June 2008

Lunch with some of the interns at L and M's, which is closing its doors Sunday (*tear* as last summer's intern, Lauryn, would say).  The discussion was about Philip's blog post (which has sparked some good comments online):

Lunch

Photos of Oxford are up, courtesy of Servati:

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Here is the article with video:

Article about the Mississippi Teacher Corps:

Sandra Knispel, a journalist for Mississippi Public Broadcasting, recently won the Mississippi AP Award for Best Documentary (Radio) for the following piece, featuring two Mississippi Teacher Corps teachers, Ashley Johnson and Elizabeth Savage:

A Delta Education

Amani Floyd, Mississippi Teacher Corps Class of 2008, gives the best answer ever for why she joined the Teacher Corps:

From Ruth Kuhnau, Class of 2005, as her students were preparing to take the MTC 2 (a state test):

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This blog started mostly as reflections on the Mississippi Teacher Corps, of which I am an alumnus, and for which I currently serve as the Program Manager.  Over the past year or so I've spent more time writing about politics, religion, The Wire, the Boston Celtics, the Peace Corps, and other personal topics that are not really appropriate as an official representation of the Mississippi Teacher Corps.  So I've reactivated my personal blog, First Take, here (I stopped posting on First Take last year when I created this blog).  I've also set to "Viewable by Friends" on this Vox blog any posts that I feel would reflect a personal political or ideological viewpoint.  This blog will continue as a somewhat official representation of the Teacher Corps, while my reactivated personal blog will host all of my posts on topics personal, political, and other.