BY PAULA IMPALLI DAVIS I’d like to propose a toast, a toast to education. Here’s to education for today, education that is not preparation, but life itself. Here’s to education that fulfills our lives in the present, that leaves us feeling curious, loved, exhausted. Here’s to education that accepts you as you are, that asks,… Read More A Toast to Education
BY PAULA DAVIS I visited Teachers College as a prospective student during February of 2013. Before I arrived, I decided the best way for me to get to know the college would be to talk to as many faculty members from my program as I could. I found a list of those involved with the… Read More Afternoons with Maxine
BY MAXINE GREENE, MATT HASTINGS, PAULA DAVIS Maxine Greene played a crucial role in the formation of TC Public Space. It was conversations with Maxine and later reading her writings on the possibilities of public space that inspired us to create TC Public Space. The following is an reprint of an article Maxine co-wrote with… Read More TC Public Space: Inspired by Maxine Greene
BY MAXINE GREENE, MATT HASTINGS, PAULA DAVIS This is not an expert’s definition. It is an invitation to look together and explore what public space can mean for us. Public space emerges from relationships between people who share common commitments. Teachers College has enormous potential for emerging public space. It draws together passionate, curious, creative… Read More TC’s Public Space: A Reflection
BY PAULA DAVIS This past fall I met a friend after class and she told me that she’s just had a lecture about how bad lectures are, and not in an ironic way. In the moment, we laughed about it, how silly, what a funny faux pas. Since then, though, I’ve seen it over and… Read More Opinion: Looking Inward as well as Outward
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