By: Josh Sabo First, we have to applaud McMahon’s observation of the importance of culture with regards to education in America. Culture is certainly the problem. However, what McMahon means to critique — albeit, in a limited way — becomes part of a culture of negativity in reaction to education policy. This culture believes that no first step is capable unless it radically reorganizes our approach to education. We must ask, however, why support of a policy can’t illustrate a shift in cultural values towards education. The broad support for expanding access to preschool is representative of an attitude shift … Continue reading Letter to the Editor: In response to McMahon’s “Subsidized preschools?”

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Civic duty is not merely voting, but being informed

31 Oct 20136 Feb 2014

By: Josh Sabo Come late October, columnists and bloggers across the country dust off their notes on political participation and write their annual columns declaring the end of our democracy or the further corruption of our government, based on what they project to be poorly attended polling locations across the country. But I think people too often bemoan the lack of political participation among young people in particular (and the electorate generally) without thinking deeply about the ways that our politics are broken and how the discourse on these problems is so often inaccurate in capturing the sentiments of disillusioned … Continue reading Civic duty is not merely voting, but being informed