Campbell F. Scribner
@scribnerumcp.bsky.social
History and Philosophy of Education at UMD. Author of A IS FOR ARSON (2023); SPARE THE ROD (2021); and THE FIGHT FOR LOCAL CONTROL (2016).
Art lover. Romantic.
Art lover. Romantic.
Pinned
"The maturity of man—that means, to have reacquired the seriousness that one had as a child at play." --Friedrich Nietzsche
Carl Spitzweg, "Flying Kites" (1880)
Carl Spitzweg, "Flying Kites" (1880)
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We have some ideas in our forthcoming book #SchoolsforSale, based on what happened over the past 10+ years in PHL. Book drops in June 2026 + available for pre-order now. We are open to talk to folks organizing, in school districts, and cities about our recs.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We have some ideas in our forthcoming book #SchoolsforSale, based on what happened over the past 10+ years in PHL. Book drops in June 2026 + available for pre-order now. We are open to talk to folks organizing, in school districts, and cities about our recs.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Here we go...
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Here we go...
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A new blog post up, on emotional perceptions of the past:
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
History, Warm and Cold
I was at a conference in Providence last week and forgot to pack a jacket, which made me a little more attentive to the wind and sunlight of New England, and to the increasingly bare branches of the t...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A new blog post up, on emotional perceptions of the past:
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
Here we go...
November 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Here we go...
"C'mon people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now..."
A pitch-black cave in the Balkans is home to what appears to be the world’s largest spider web, which researchers say is a singular work of cooperation by two usually-hostile species of spider. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/s...
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"C'mon people now, smile on your brother, everybody get together, try to love one another right now..."
A new blog post up, on emotional perceptions of the past:
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
History, Warm and Cold
I was at a conference in Providence last week and forgot to pack a jacket, which made me a little more attentive to the wind and sunlight of New England, and to the increasingly bare branches of the t...
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A new blog post up, on emotional perceptions of the past:
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
open.substack.com/pub/campbell...
#History
#Education
#Philosophy
#Art
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
November 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Read it and your day will get better. www.hcn.org/issues/57-11...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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“Education deprives a young person of one of his most precious possessions, the sense of co-operation with his fellows. He is like a pacifist in 1917, alone in spirit – a depressing situation, and especially, almost unbearably, depressing to youth.” –Albert Jay Nock
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“Education deprives a young person of one of his most precious possessions, the sense of co-operation with his fellows. He is like a pacifist in 1917, alone in spirit – a depressing situation, and especially, almost unbearably, depressing to youth.” –Albert Jay Nock
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“Education deprives a young person of one of his most precious possessions, the sense of co-operation with his fellows. He is like a pacifist in 1917, alone in spirit – a depressing situation, and especially, almost unbearably, depressing to youth.” –Albert Jay Nock
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
“Education deprives a young person of one of his most precious possessions, the sense of co-operation with his fellows. He is like a pacifist in 1917, alone in spirit – a depressing situation, and especially, almost unbearably, depressing to youth.” –Albert Jay Nock
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Either mandatory "learning outcomes" are going to kill me, or I am going to kill them. No middle ground on this one.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Either mandatory "learning outcomes" are going to kill me, or I am going to kill them. No middle ground on this one.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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Either mandatory "learning outcomes" are going to kill me, or I am going to kill them. No middle ground on this one.
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Either mandatory "learning outcomes" are going to kill me, or I am going to kill them. No middle ground on this one.
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 10:09 AM