by Steve Chisnell | 1 October 2007 | ChizBlog, Politics and Ethics
Someone, perhaps Neil Postman, said that the media doesn’t tell us what to think, but it tells us what to think about. In the early US, many journalists styled themselves as “Watchdogs for Democracy,” charged with investigating corruption and... 
by Steve Chisnell | 24 September 2007 | ChizBlog, Politics and Ethics
University of Florida’s Andrew Meyer was tasered by campus police for resisting arrest following his questioning of Senator John Kerry at a recent seminar. The story is, of course, all over the internet and news—especially YouTube—in part for the questions of free... 
by Steve Chisnell | 16 September 2007 | ChizBlog, Global Issues
“I have to get out of the country,” she said. “I don’t care where.” I understood. Sitting across from me at a small diner, my former student had been complaining about the shallowness of American culture. Yes, there was materialism; yes, there was political... 
by Steve Chisnell | 9 September 2007 | ChizBlog, Education
Kevin’s point surprised me, but it shouldn’t have. The drawing ROHS had distributed to students showing unacceptable school attire had another quality beyond the arrows pointing to bare midriffs and sagging pants: both of the illustrated students were—arguably—black.... 
by Steve Chisnell | 2 September 2007 | ChizBlog, Education
The impasse between the Royal Oak Educational Association and the school district has gone on long enough. One of the most recent splits in more than seventeen months of negotiations centers around the issue of class size. The ROEA proposes the status quo of smaller... 
Steve Chisnell (um, on the right) is a teacher at Royal Oak (MI) High School. 
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