General Theme Links

Educational Theory on the Web
http://www.ed.uiuc.edu/EPS/Educational-Theory/
Published by the Philosophy of Education Society. Click the "Journal Contents" button near the bottom to access the online journal. Also check the links to the other sites published by the Society, which is located at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Bad Subjects Issue 27: "Teaching and Education"
http://eserver.org/bs/27/
More iconoclastic essays from this unusual e-zine. Topics in this issue range from the applicability of a formal education to "real life" to the importance of the "Nirvana phenomenon" in American culture.

Bad Subjects Issue 11: "Using the Canon"
http://eserver.org/bs/11/
This issue examines the issue of the Canon and the idea that there is no intrinsic value in any particular work or set of works.

Bad Subjects Issue 52: "Improper Intellectual(s) Property"
http://eserver.org/bs/52/
Essays on the alienation of the intellectual and the concept of intellectual property.

The U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/
Includes numerous links to education-related research.


Links for Readings in the Theme

Robert Coles, Uniforms
School UniformsNot!
http://schooluniforms-not.org/
Site devoted to opposing mandatory school uniforms in public schools.

Dept. of Education page on school uniforms
http://www.ed.gov/updates/uniforms.html
This page details Dept. of Education recommendations for instituting school uniforms.

Richard Rodriguez, Growing Up in Los Angeles
Juvenile Violence
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/juvhigh.htm
A special report from U.S. News and World Report.