Dr. Jeremy Alexander
@_jsalexander
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Instructional/leadership coach at the Roche Center for Catholic Ed & teach formative education at BC: concerned w/ democratic ed & how ed forms us to be human/e
Boston, MA
Joined August 2011
Sometimes a stressful day turns on a simple joy. Looking forward to Berry’s newest novel with some of my favorite characters. Berry’s writings always challenge & disrupt my assumptions about the good life & my pace of living in the best ways
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This week in class we’ve been examining the confrontation between western education (via the British) & Indian culture, Hinduism, and subjectivity. Students have been struggling through how deeply western cultural ways of knowing have framed much of the “taken-for-granted” world
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In class this week we’re continuing to explore embodied knowing through Islamic education, this time in Turkey, and trying to understand some of the complexities of school forming a habitus through/with/by which students (and ourselves) live & understand the world
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Forgot to post last weeks reading from class … started talking through embodied ways of knowing and recitation/memorization as a way to internalize knowledge and learn to live that knowledge
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I’ll be posting some of our readings along the way for those that are curious or interested. First up is the first couple of chapters in Ammerman’s Studying Lived Religion
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This semester I’m teaching a new (to me) course - Cross-cultural Perspectives on Religion & Education, I’m pretty excited for the readings & the discussions I’ll be having w/ students as we try to wrestle w/ the complex relationship between religion & eduction ….
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Understanding the market forces that shape colleges is important for mission-driven schools (many of which are religious) that want to continue to exist & stay faithful to their mission. “Capitalizing on College” is essential reading to understand what’s happening to colleges
“We have to grow, or we’re going to die.” A timely review of my new book was just published in @CTmagazine by @estice --Capitalizing On College: How Higher Education Went From Mission Driven to Margin Obsessed, by Oxford University Press @OUPAcademic
https://t.co/pfyPVMGHfP
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As our current @CristoRey Teacher Leadership Academy cohort comes to a close, we’re thrilled to share this feature of Anna Chapin written by her school, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School. Congratulations on all of your good work and ongoing leadership development, Anna!
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This week, @mtpoc & @_jsalexander from the Roche Center team traveled to Chicago to celebrate the conclusion of our Empowering Educators Teacher Leadership program in partnership with the @bigshoulderschi!
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I’m so excited for JWU Softball & my daughter … won their conference and heading to NCAA (D3) tournament. It’s been a long road with a lot of time, energy, & heart poured into this, and it’s worth it!!
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Sighted out in the wild … #capitalizingoncollege on display at the OUP table at #AERA2025 … this work is important for our current moment of understanding the purpose of and funding structures for college @HigherEdSoc
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Doing some reading on the plane & thinking of using this with my undergrads next semester, it’s not just about colleges & finances, but about student experience & how they’re treated and looked at by colleges- institutional matters shape student experience @HigherEdSoc
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Heading to the #AERA2025 in Denver? Thurs I give a paper exploring how & why parents choose Christian schooling. Sat talk about the work of Edith Stein on empathy & how this reshapes democratic education. Looking forward to some great discussion & learning w/ others.
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Super excited this came today, just in time to read on the flights to #AERA … been looking forward to reading this for a while now @HigherEdSoc
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Teaching in the beauty of spring in New England ... it’s still cold some days, but beautiful as well
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I've only started reading the introduction of #CapitalizingonCollege, but I have already recommended this book to a student interested in economics & education. Can't wait to read more when my full copy comes in this week. @HigherEdSoc
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I’m teaching a new (to me) class in the fall - Cross Cultural Perspectives on Religion & Education - I’m excited to dig into my first stack of readings, trying to understand the complexities of religion & learning to be in the world … would also love any other recommendations
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This morning I got to watch an 8th grader get the Student of the Month award & see his mom well up with hope, appreciation, love, thankfulness, & a couple of tears hearing the way others talked about her son & the young man he's becoming, schools impact students & families
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