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Archive for January, 2009

We’d like to thank all for dropping by the TLC for Inauguration, truly making it a memorable event. Our thanks again to the Center of Excellence n Urban Education, the Dean of the College of Education, and the Technology and Learning Center for sponsoring the event. The TLC would like to recommend keeping up to date on the Obama presidency at WhiteHouse.gov (of course) and Hulu’s the Obama Presidency. Gallery of the Event Channel 4 News dropped by during the viewing and we made the news! Not hard when we look this good : ) Full Gallery Album Original Post…

The politics of knowledge and issues of epistemology are central to understanding the way power operates in educational institutions to perpetuate privilege and to subjugate the marginalized – “validated” scientific knowledge can often be used as a basis of oppression as it is produced without an appreciation of how dominant power and culture shape it. Joe Kincheloe – from the book, Critical Pedagogy The existence of a gap in academic outcomes between black and white students has been established as fact for a number of years. What has been less certain and more open to debate is the source of…

We know that many are interested in getting a look-n-see of the proposals for the new Math/Science Central (using funds provided by Sigma-Aldrich, Boeing, and Monsanto) so we’ve put this together so that all will be able to get an idea of what may shortly be coming down the pipe. As you may know, it was decided to build the structure outside of the TLC just beyond the existing trailers that have been installed there over the years. While it was suggested to remove the latest trailer addition (the Learning Studio) the thought of pitching all of the money…