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Professor Thomas charts reform ‘insanity’
Insanity is sometimes defined as doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. Furman education professor Paul Thomas has created an “insanity chart” that shows the problems facing public schools and the...
Continue ReadingProfessor Thomas writes about education reform
In an op-ed for the Charlotte Observer, Furman education professor Paul Thomas writes that accountability-based education reformers persist in calling for new standards, more tests, and misguided assaults on teachers, although public school failures have...
Continue ReadingDr. Thomas writes about education reform
In an op-ed for the Charlotte Observer, Furman education professor Paul Thomas writes that accountability-based education reformers persist in calling for new standards, more tests, and misguided assaults on teachers, although public school failures have nothing...
Continue ReadingProfessor Thomas publishes new book
GREENVILLE, S.C.—Furman University education professor Paul Thomas has published his 15th book, De-Testing and De-Grading Schools. The book, a collection of essays co-edited by Thomas and Canadian educator Joe Bower and published by Peter Lang USA,...
Continue ReadingThomas publishes book about SF genre
Furman University education professor Paul Thomas has published another book in the series titled Critical Literacy Teaching Series: Challenging Authors and Genres (P.L. Thomas, Ed.). The third book in the series, Science Fiction and Speculative...
Continue ReadingDr. Thomas receives national writing award
Furman University education professor Paul Thomas has been named the winner of the 2013 George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language by the National Council of Teachers of English...
Continue ReadingProfessor Paul Thomas quoted in New York Times
Education professor Paul Thomas was quoted in a New York Times article about a Silicon Valley school that downplays the role of computers and technology in the classroom. Thomas, a former teacher who has written...
Continue ReadingPaul Thomas on Vonnegut and canoes
In an opinion piece for the Daily Kos website, Furman professor Paul Thomas ruminates on the wisdom of paddling your own canoe when it comes to education reform. Dr. Thomas, who teaches in the education...
Continue ReadingThree graduates earn Fulbright grants
Three 2013 Furman University graduates have been awarded English Teaching Assistantships from the Fulbright Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The students are: Sarah Johnson (Travelers Rest)....
Continue ReadingMedia attend Furman debate watch
Furman hosted a debate watch in conjunction with the first of this year’s presidential debates from Denver. The event, sponsored by Furman’s College Republicans, College Democrats, Cicero Society and the Debate Club, featured interactive polling...
Continue ReadingRemembering an act of courage
On March 2, 1961, a large group of high school and college students gathered at Zion Baptist Church in Columbia. Their purpose was to peacefully confront the state government and the people of South Carolina...
Continue ReadingBaker v. Carr: O’Rourke recalls important case
Fifty years ago this week the United States Supreme Court decided Baker v. Carr, one of the most important voting rights cases of the last century. It also determined that the right to vote and...
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