Henry T. Edmondson III is Professor of Public Administration and Political Science at the Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville, Georgia. Besides Dewey, he has written a number of articles and books on Jefferson, Shakespeare, and Flannery O'Connor, including the recently published Return to Good and Evil: Flannery O'Connor's Response to Nihilism, and John Dewey and the Decline of American Education: How the Patron Saint of Schools has Corrupted Teaching and Learning,ISI Books. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson http://media.townhall.com/TownHall/icons/TH-feed-icon-128x128.gif http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson TownHall.com, Where your opinion counts. 128 Copyright (c) 2013 Townhall.com, A Salem Communications Web. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED jim.dearras@townhall.com (Jim De Arras) Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Last April I was in Chicago for a political science conference. I found our own conference fairly routine and was more intrigued with the education research conference going on down the street where more that 12,000... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2007/07/21/educating_the_educators d4a0a20f-b5c4-48da-9fdb-1dcee386ae35 Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT In Washington, preparations are in progress for the re-authorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. For those who weren't aware that the underclass suffers the most in American public education, the NCLB has laid bare... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2007/04/02/its_spring_and_education_vouchers_are_in_the_air ecbf7246-565b-4a6a-93d7-23e4d6e9d8e9 Mon, 02 Apr 2007 14:28:57 GMT As kids we used to play "52 Card Pick-Up." It starts by asking an unsuspecting friend, "Do you want to play 52 Card Pickup?!" "Well, I've never played before, but sure," he says. You then throw the deck in the air, let... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2007/02/28/52_card_pick-up 439a29c0-703b-4727-b9e3-af3606ef0118 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:01:00 GMT Here in the Eternal City one is given to expansive thoughts. None is more expansive than education, an inevitable consideration as the visitor stumbles onto a university around every corner, and is in danger of falling http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2007/01/24/from_rome 7fa12a69-115f-446f-874b-7ffb0371ff52 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:49:59 GMT This October, the population of the U.S. reached 300 million. Even more, it's estimated we will top 400 million by the middle of the century. The reaction this benchmark has not been as hysterical as some expected,... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2006/12/19/it's_all_about_assimilation 2a5b7dee-5a15-4f7f-837f-d82af3277adb Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:44:35 GMT Yes I'm stuck in the middle with you, And I'm wondering what it is I should do, It"s so hard to keep this smile from my face, Losing control, yeah, I'm all over the place, Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2006/12/11/stuck_in_the_middle_with_you 8ba08e0d-1b14-4b0e-ae4b-dfe5b572627c Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:55:11 GMT Not only is it useful but fashionable as well. The Washington Post reports that commas have made a comeback! This is, without a doubt, a welcome fashion statement as well dressed paragraphs have been hard to find. ... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2006/11/27/this_christmas,_give_the_gift_that_keeps_on_giving ff2fb3ce-85b0-4699-bd28-c7e2eb4d0480 Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:24:49 GMT To what extent, and in what manner, did the 2006 mid - term elections affect education policy and practice in this country? The answer to that question lies in part with the answer to another question, namely, is... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2006/11/14/education_reform_and_the_elections 96d1dd1d-59d8-4e6f-a19c-86b819efda7d Tue, 14 Nov 2006 20:50:10 GMT I passed through Greenville. S.C. the other day, en route back to my home town of Augusta, Ga. after a day of car shopping for my son in college. Stopping at a local restaurant, I picked up the current edition of the... http://www.townhall.com/columnists/HenryEdmondson/2006/11/01/education_woes 45f2dab3-0f8c-45d7-8dc7-51d3f3707f4d Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:21:48 GMT