Tim DeRoche's Blog
June 8, 2023
Read my op-ed in TIME Magazine — “How Public Schools Cherry-Pick Their Students”
I’m honored that TIME ran this piece about the forgotten issue of public school access. Especially on the anniversary of the historic ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
Writing almost 70 years ago this week, Chief Justice Earl Warren issued the court’s ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, pledging that all public schools in the U.S. must be “available to all on equal terms.” But seven decades later, that promise remains unfulfilled.
Tim DeRoche, TIME Magazine
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January 2, 2023
Watch our book trailer now!A dangerous book indeed
Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe publishes on Jan 24 in honor of Lewis Carroll’s b-day.
Three years in the making!
You can pre-order here. As always, thank you for your support.
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November 7, 2022
DAD FAIL. Excited about the arrival of my new book, I drop the baby. (He’s fine.)
Tales of Whimsy, Verses of Woe publishes on Jan 24 in honor of Lewis Carroll’s b-day.
Three years in the making!
You can pre-order here. As always, thank you for your support.
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September 27, 2022
We won! Our new book takes home the prestigious Baldersquash Medal
This is a very mysterious award, and I’m not sure how much we’re allowed to say about it. It honors “the very best in highfalutin nonsense” (which I think is supposed to be a compliment). They claim to have been in existence since 1894.
When I learn more, I’ll report back…I promise.
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July 14, 2020
May 16, 2020
Read an excerpt of my new book in the magazine Education Next
After seven long years of research and writing, my new book finally comes out tomorrow. Education Next published an excerpt this week, in which I describe how many public school attendance zones violate federal civil rights law:
Heres the short video that makes the case:
Do public school attendance zones violate federal civil rights law? from Redtail Press on...
March 26, 2020
Pandemic Diaries
Rod Dreher, the conservative Christian writer who blogs at American Conservative, published my Pandemic Diary this morning on his blog. (The New Yorker ran a great profile of Rod several years ago.)
Full text is here:
My wife works in a hospital, and theres no sign of COVID-19 yet. Shes an occupational therapist in a cancer hospital, so its unlikely that shell be asked to treat any COVID-19 patients. Theyre also doing their best to keep the hospital COVID-free, since the patients are...
March 23, 2020
My leg likes it. But my body doesn’t like it.
Fascinating conversation between my 5-year-old daughter and her friend Calvin in the backseat of the car (pre-quarantine).
Neve: Calvin, do you like my dads favorite song?
Calvin: No I dont. My leg likes it. But my body doesnt like it.
Neve: Your leg is a part of your body.
[beat]
Neve: My body doesnt like it either.
(Either pronounced as the British do it.)
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February 6, 2020
My new book excerpted in Quillette
Honored to have my work featured here…
How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools
Book coming in May!
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