Beyond Evaluation w/Paul Thomas
Aaron Blackwelder interviews P.L. Thomas, Professor of Education at Furman University, Greenville SC. Paul is a former column editor for English Journal (National Council of Teachers of English), current series editor for Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres, and author of Teaching Writing as Journey, Not Destination: Essays Exploring What ‘Teaching Writing’ Means. NCTE named Thomas the 2013 George Orwell Award winner. He recently co-edited Critical Media Literacy and Fake News in Post-Truth America (Brill, 2018). Follow his work @plthomasEdD and on his blog, Radical Eyes for Equity.
Resources
De-Testing and De-Grading Schools: Authentic Alternatives to Accountability and Standardization, Collection of essays co-edited with Joe Bower
How to End the Reading War and Serve the Literacy Needs of All Students: A Primer for Parents, Policy Makers, and People Who Care (Information Age Publishing)
