“Oh, The Places You’ll Go …”

by | Dec 15, 2012 | Features

Alumni Association marks a half-century of alumni travel Illinois Alumni magazine December 2012 Ever dream of watching wildebeests graze the Serengeti? Cooking in Italy? Whitewater rafting, swimming with sea lions or sampling beer at Germany’s Oktoberfest?...
Arizona Bans Mexican American Studies Program

Arizona Bans Mexican American Studies Program

by | Sep 15, 2012 | Features

“It was never about what we were doing, it was about who we are.” NCTE Council Chronicle September 2012 The Mexican American Studies (MAS) program in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) had been a real success story. Ninety-seven percent of students...
Thinking About Consumers

Thinking About Consumers

by | Jul 1, 2012 | Features

Meaningful policy needs to factor in psychological hurdles BioEnergy Connection July 2012 The reasons to reduce oil consumption, from climate change and national security, have existed for 30 years. And yet, in all that time Americans have neither substantially...
Catching Tigers

Catching Tigers

by | Mar 1, 2012 | Features

Bringing the Creative into Writing Instruction NCTE Council Chronicle March 2012 What are your options if you feel that your writing instruction is not engaging students at a deep enough level? Bring in creative writing, say master teachers Judith Michaels and John...
Like Water for Dancers

Like Water for Dancers

by | Jun 6, 2011 | Features

“Experiment and see what happens” when art mixes with science Illinois Alumni June 2011 For Jennifer Monson, the whole world is her classroom, from bird migration patterns that tie the corners of the world together to vast underground aquifers of burbling waters....