by John Ellis Unfortunately, the overarching academic model that stretches over much of the secondary educational landscape creates resource constraints, including time, for schools. Because of this, administrators juggle limited resources while seeking to meet education department and district standards, fulfill school board and parents’ expectations, and respond profitably and equitably to the understandable jockeying … Continue reading A Philosophy for Teaching Theatre to High School Students
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The Cultural War: Parental Rights or Parental Tyranny?
by John Ellis This story is bonkers but predictable. Earlier this week, reports surfaced that the principal of a Tallahassee charter school had been fired because an art teacher showed the 6th grade students a picture of Michelangelo’s David and some parents complained.[1] There are so many exit ramps out of that previous sentence, it’s … Continue reading The Cultural War: Parental Rights or Parental Tyranny?
My Daughter, Virginia Woolf, and Kids Disagreeing With Their Parents
by John Ellis For a project in high school, I wrote an editorial calling for my school to drop the school uniform policy in favor of a policy allowing students to wear the clothes of their choice (with the understanding that there would still be a dress code). Since my school didn’t teach rhetoric and … Continue reading My Daughter, Virginia Woolf, and Kids Disagreeing With Their Parents
Practically Known Theology 