dr. p.l. (paul) thomas

Misunderstanding John Dewey: On the Failure of Either/Or Thinking

Sold a Story Part Deux: A Reader

Back-to-Basics (Again): Lorin Anderson and Essentialism to Understand Knowledge and Direct Instruction

My Illiterate Generation

The Science of Reading Reversal: Mark Seidenberg Edition

Podcast: Navigating Ungrading and Workshop in a Graded World

Education Reform Needs Reform: “And Now For Something Completely Different”

Journalists Need an Evidence-Based Reckoning: This Week in Nonsense about Education

The “Kids Today Can’t Read” Problem: Reading Crisis or “Perennial Gripe”?

Broken News: The Paradox of Education Journalism Quality

The Parent Trap

Poem: A Brief Marxist Guide to Rhyming Words

Poem: have a drink with me (& another)

Understanding Systemic Bias and Privilege: The Piano

PISA 2025: Reading Score “Plummet”?

On Aging, Writing, and the Past: Baumgartner by Paul Auster

A Rational Response to NYC Reading Score Decline: And the Evidence to Support That

15 states have laws that allow corporal punishment in schools.

Canceled (Again): How Is My Work a Threat to the Interest of the State of Maine?

The “Science of Reading”: Another Titanic Reform Failure in Progress

Teach for America (TFA) was founded in 1989 by Wendy Kopp, spurred by an undergraduate thesis from Princeton.

The National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) was established in 2001 by the Thomas B.

Understanding State Testing: South Carolina Edition

How We Talk, Who We Are: Confessions of a Southern Academic