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Sports and “The -tions”
Gentrification via sports collage, December 22, 2012. [Includes aerial view of location of new DC baseball stadium site, June 22, 2006, http://www.wreckingcorp.com; Nationals Park Greeting Card;...
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The Myth of the Earnest Adult Learner
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest, with Allan Aynesworth as Algernon (left) and George Alexander as John (right), St. James Theatre, London, UK, February 14, 1895. (Ramac via Wikipedia). In...
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K-16 Education Reform and the Unlevel Playing Field
President Barack Obama speaking college affordability and a rating system, University of Buffalo (NY), August 22, 2013. (http://sfgate.com). The shape and direction of education reform in America’s...
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Grad School & My Most Special Summer Reading List
Just a small sample of the books I read/re-read summer before grad school in 1991, August 31, 2013. (Donald Earl Collins). For me, August 28 this week was significant for any number of reasons. It...
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Lies We Tell Each Other When In College
Every lie is two lies quote, Robert Brauit, January 4, 2014. (http://izquotes.com). I thought about posting this at the beginning of this week, but decided against it, figuring that I should end ’13 on...
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What Can Brown Do For You (Now)?: 60 Years Come & Gone
What can brown do for you?, Brown Squadron, Relay for Life, 2007. (http://www.behance.net/). Tomorrow marks the 60th anniversary of the great Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas decision...
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Responses to My Piece in The Atlantic
On Labor Day last week, The Atlantic ran my piece “Why Making College Free Isn’t Enough for First-Generation Students.” It was a culmination of thoughts I had gleaned from the latest, research, from...
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What Being #1 Is and Isn’t
#1 (cropped), May 24, 2018. (http://www.modern-senior.com). Augusta Uwamanzu-Nna, Harold Ekeh, Micheal Brown, Elmont Memorial High School, and Mirabeau B. Lamar High School must be very proud of...
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A Quick Note About Colleging in Fall 2020
Georgetown University, front entrance screen shot (cropped), Washington, DC, May 2, 2020. (https://uadmissions.georgetown.edu/visiting/directions/). There is a standing COVID-19 pandemic debate about...
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The Sacrifice of the Lambdas
Lambs from living to skewered (cropped and collaged), July 27, 2021. (Donald Earl Collins, via https://www.mygreekdish.com/recipe/greek-lamb-souvlaki-recipe-skewers-with-pita-bread/ and © Alison...
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