Nicholas Tampio Popular Articles

Political Theory

 

o   "Children learn best when engaged in the living world not on screens." Aeon, August 2, 2018.

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o   Why rule by the people is better than rule by experts. Aeon, October 18, 2017. Albanian

o   Stuck on one idea of truth or beauty? Rhizomes can help. Aeon, May 9, 2017. Persian.

  Republished as Why you have to put up with Jargons. The Indian Economist, May 20, 2017.

o   Not all things wise and good are philosophy. Aeon, September 13, 2016. Turkish Portuguese Chinese

o   In praise of Dewey. Aeon, July 28, 2016. Hebrew

o   Teaching grit is bad for children, and bad for democracy. Aeon, June 2, 2016. Japanese Chinese

  Republished as How Teaching Grit is Making the US a More Authoritarian Nation. Alternet, August 27, 2017.

  Republished as Teaching children grit could risk turning them into amoral jerks. Quartz, September 17, 2016.

K-12 Education Policy

 

International

 

o   "Why read slowly?" Phi Delta Kappan, January 2, 2019.

o   "Fortnite teaches the wrong lessons." The Conversation, October 12, 2018.

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o   "Philanthropy And The End Of Teacher Autonomy." HistPhil, June 11, 2018.

o   "Por que os padres nacionais de educao so uma m ideia." Patio (Brazil), March/May 2017. English

o   Corporate education reform goes global. Al Jazeera America, January 26, 2016. Chinese

o   Education Reform and Asian Values. E-International Relations, December 24, 2015. Chinese

o   For Pearson, Common Core is private profit. Al Jazeera America, March 24, 2015. Chinese

o   Dont Make a Mountain out of PISA Scores. Al Jazeera America, January 22, 2015.

 

National

                                                                                  

o   "How Gates Foundations push for high-quality curriculum will stifle teaching." The Conversation, January 28, 2019.

o   "Curbing PARCC test won't improve Md. education." Baltimore Sun, September 19, 2018.

o   "Why Trumps proposal to merge the departments of Labor and Education should fail." Salon, July 3, 2018.

o   "Time to Ditch the SAT." US News & World Report, April 13, 2018.

o    Betsy DeVos said Common Core was dead—its not. The Conversation, March 26, 2018.

o   Syndicated by Newsweek, Fatherly, The Raw Story, San Francisco Chronicle, Skagit (WA) Valley Herald, San Antonio Express-News, Albany Times Union, Idaho Press-Tribune, Connecticut Post, Houston Chronicle, Rapid City (SD) Journal, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, New Haven (CT) Register.

o   Does Public Education Have a Future? LA Review of Books, December 16, 2017.

o   District Leaders Must Empower Parents in Trumps America, AASA Journal of Scholarship and Practice, Winter 2017.

o   Congress and Obama feign a course correction on testing. Al Jazeera America, December 8, 2015. Chinese

o   Democratic Party elites have abandoned public education. Al Jazeera America, August 21, 2015. Chinese

o   "Hillary Clinton Has a Common Core Problem." Al Jazeera America, July 8, 2015. Chinese

o   "The False Promise of Core Knowledge." Huffington Post, July 7, 2015.

o   "The End of EPGY--Or, One Fewer Common Core Escape Route." Huffington Post, June 23, 2015.

o   "Cassandra in Little Rock." Hannah Arendt Center, May 18, 2015.

o   Thinking in School. Hannah Arendt Center, January 19, 2015. Italian

o   David Colemans Plan to Destroy Education. Al Jazeera America, December 5, 2014.

o   Common Core Betrays the Civil Rights Movement. Truthout, November 5, 2014.

o   College Board Shouldnt Monopolize How US History is Taught. Al Jazeera America, October 7, 2014.

o   Who Should Know that Your Child Daydreams? The Homeschool Handbook, July/August 2014.

o   5 Reasons Homeschoolers Need to Fight Common Core. The Homeschool Handbook, May/June 2014.

o   "Why Common Core Tests Are Bad." CNN, April 23, 2014. Chinese

o   "Common Core Standards Widen the Opportunity Gap." Al Jazeera America, April 7, 2014. Chinese

o   Why are Parents Revolting Against the Common Core? Start with the English Curriculum. Huffington Post, January 16, 2014.

o   Forging Coalitions to Stop the Common Core. The Contemporary Condition, December 12, 2013.

o   The Problem with The Common Core Math Standards. Huffington Post, October 31, 2013.

o   "Ravitch to the Rescue." Huffington Post, September 16, 2013.

o   The Common Core and National Security. Huffington Post, July 3, 2013.

o   Bill Gates Should Not Micro-manage Our Schools. SchoolBook, May 17, 2013.

o   Do We Need a Common Core? Huffington Post, May 7, 2012.

New York

 

o   "Regents should turn down PR grant from Gates Foundation." The Journal News, December 11, 2018.

o   "New York's flawed ESSA plan would punish schools for opt outs." Journal News, June 20, 2018.

o    New education standards just a PR campaign. Journal News/USA Today, September 18, 2017.

o   NYS Regents must reject renamed Common Core standards. Journal News, August 31, 2017.

o   New Yorks ESSA plan leads back to Common Core testing. Journal News, June 6, 2017.

o   Opt-out movement continues as state keeps pushing tests. Journal News, March 20, 2017.

o   Corporate science standards not best for school. Journal News, December 19, 2016.

o   Common Core and education commissioner must go. Journal News, November 14, 2016.

o   Fix Common Core. Journal News, October 21, 2015.

o   "Cuomo's Misguided Teacher Evaluation Plan." Journal News, June 8, 2015.

o   Why Were Refusing the Comon Core Tests. Journal News, January 24, 2015.

o   Smart Schools Bond a Bad Investment. Journal News, September 1, 2014.

o   Smoke, Mirrors, and the Common Core. Huffington Post, May 16, 2014.

o   The Regents Arent Listening to Parents About the Common Core. Huffington Post, February 25, 2014.

Higher Education Policy

 

o   The College Scorecard: What Would Leo Strauss Say? The Weekly Standard, September 22, 2015.

o   There is No Such Thing as Free Community College. Al Jazeera America, August 3, 2015.

o   "College Ratings and the Idea of the Liberal Arts." JSTOR Daily, July 8, 2015.