Tackling and Triaging Manuscript Feedback
In theory, our email alerts have no way of making different sounds based on the contents of the emails they’re announcing. Yet, as someone who gives and receives feedback, I’m firmly convinced there’s a special thud when editors’ emails arrive in an author’s mailbox....
“What School Could Be” by Ted Dintersmith (2018)
90% of the novels and short stories I read are on my tablet, usually under late afternoon or evening light and occasionally accompanied by a glass of wine and whatever playlist happens to be queued up at the time. Reading something for a Schoolmarm client is vastly...
How did school segregation work in rural areas of the South where few Black families lived?
A question from Reddit: Like let’s say out in west Texas, your county only had one black family. Were they given an education? Did they have to go to school in a larger town? Or was home education considered good enough? Answer While there are few absolutes about...
How does history education related to the Civil War differ between New York State and Texas?
A user on Reddit asked: Tonight, my wife and I engaged in a heated debate on whether or not the American Civil War history was taught differently in the South vs. the North. She was deeply offended when I pointed out that her history books were likely lenient on the...
Why do so many towns use Native American figures as their high school mascot?
A user on Reddit's Ask Historians asked: There's the perennial debate we have about if it's an appropriate mascot—both for professional teams and school teams—which leads to a lot of arguing about the history of the mascot: at least in my town, supporters of it argue...
Appearances
Other podcast hosts have graciously allowed me to come on and talk about things I'm passionate about. They include: Human Restoration Project S2, E17: Is the factory model a myth? Visions of Education E46: Women in Education History Ask Historians E121: Education of...