Mark Maynard | Education

With Snyder’s EAA going down in flames, the EMU community urges their administration to sever ties

By Mark | February 19, 2014

On Thursday, February 20, at 10:00 AM, members of the Eastern Michigan University (EMU) community opposed to the ongoing association between their university and the Snyder administration’s troubled Educational Achievement Authority (EAA), will be gathering in Welch Hall to “demand” that all connections be immediately severed. Following is my discussion with EMU College of Education […]

Posted in Detroit, Education, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged BUZZ, charter schools, defunding public schools, Detroit, dismantling of public education, EAA, Eastern Michigan University, education reform, Educational Achievement Authority, Eli Broad, Ellen Cogen Lipton, EMU, EMU College of Education, failing schools, for-profit charter schools, House Bill 4369, House Bill 5268, Jase Bolger, John Covington, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, MEAP, Michigan Education Assessment Program, MIke Flanagan, public education, Rick Snyder, Susan Martin, Teach for America, teachers union, threats to public education, union busting | 20 Comments

FLY Children’s Art Center to launch Fabulous Contraptions series with A2Awesome grant

By Mark | February 2, 2014

Earlier today the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded $1,000 in cash to representatives of Ypsilanti’s FLY Children’s Art Center to help fund the launch of a community-wide event called Fabulous Contraptions. After our meeting, I took the opportunity to ask FLY board members Christine Bruxvoort, Linette Lao and Morgan Cox (seen above after receiving their […]

Posted in A2Awesome, Ypsilanti | Also tagged A2Awesome, Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation, art, Caine's Arcade, cardboard, Cardboard Contraptions, engineering, FLY Children's Art Center, hands-on education, hristine Bruxvoort, Jesse Kranyak, Linette Lao, makers, math, micro-philanthropy, Morgan Cox, public education, Rube Goldberg, Ruth Marks, Science, Wurst Bar, Wurst Challenge | 4 Comments

Bill Nye to battle Ken Ham in epic Flintstone Face-off

By Mark | January 15, 2014

If you’ve read this site for any length of time, you likely know how I feel about Ken Ham, the Australian ex-patriot (and accomplished charlatan) behind the evangelical anti-science group, Answers in Genesis, and Kentucky’s monument to stupidity, which he and his disciples refer to as the Creationism Museum. Well, I know that I’ve said […]

Posted in Church and State, Observations, Other, Religious Extremism, Science, Uncategorized | Also tagged Answers in Genesis, anti-science, Bill Nye "The Science Guy", Charles Darwin, child abuse, Christianity, Clarence Darrow, creationism, Creationism Museum, Creationism Science, debates, dinosaurs, Dinosaurs in Eden, dismantling of public education, evolution, Flintstone Face-Off, Flintstones, Global Warming, HMS Beagle, humans coexisting with dinosaurs, ignorance, innovation, Ken Ham, Kentucky, Larry Flynt, Rescuing our Kids, Rescuing our Kids from Science, Rumble in the Jungle, Science, the celebration of ignorance, The Planetary Society, threats to public education, Thrilla in Manila, trends in American education, Young Earth Creationism | 44 Comments

How should we talk with our young daughters about Malala Yousafzai?

By Mark | November 20, 2012

Tonight I have a question for those of you out there with young daughters… I’m wondering how, if at all, you’re talking with your daughters about Malala Yousafzai, the incredibly brave Pakistani 14 year old, who, several weeks ago, in response to her vocal activism on behalf of girls in her country, was shot in […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life | Also tagged assassination, Clementine, District Child Assembly Swat, Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize, Pakistan, school, sexism, Swat Valley, Taliban, teachable moments | 15 Comments

Derrick Jensen on the necessity of armed revolution, the futility of conservation, and the inherent violence of science

By Mark | March 26, 2012

A few nights ago, as a part of Eastern Michigan University’s weeklong “Activism and Education” festivities, noted author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen addressed students and members of the Ypsilanti community at Pease Auditorium. What follow are my very rough notes. As I spent half my time mopping sweat from my red, wrinkled brow, I’m […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged 1942, activism, anti-science, Bhopal, BP, Capitalism, castration, Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, clean water, conservation, David Attenborough, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Derrick Jensen, domestic violence, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, education reform, EMU, energy conservation, fracking, France, Global Warming, global warming denial, Guantánamo Bay, Gulf of Mexico, higher education, Huron River, IRA, James Inhofe, Joseph Campbell, Nazi, Nazi Doctors, Obama, oil spills, permaculture, picket pin, potential for violence, racism, radio-contoled cigar cutters, rape, revolution, Robert Jay Lifton, tea party, teaching, Thomas Lindsay, Tony Hayward, trends in American education, Union Carbide, University of Munich, violence, violence vs non-violence, water quality, we need a revolution, White Rose Society | 29 Comments

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With Snyder’s EAA going down in flames, the EMU community urges their administration to sever ties

FLY Children’s Art Center to launch Fabulous Contraptions series with A2Awesome grant

Bill Nye to battle Ken Ham in epic Flintstone Face-off

How should we talk with our young daughters about Malala Yousafzai?

Derrick Jensen on the necessity of armed revolution, the futility of conservation, and the inherent violence of science

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