Dr. Lucille Eckrich
Associate Professor
Foundations of Education
Illinois State University
(COE homepage)

Lucille L. T. Eckrich, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Educational Administration and Foundations
Campus Box 5900
Illinois State University
Normal, IL  61790-5900

Office:  324 DeGarmo Hall
Office Phone:  (309) 438-2048
Office Hours:  Wednesdays 1-3pm
 or almost any time by appointment
Email:  lteckri@ilstu.edu
Fax: (309) 438-8683

Welcome!
Below are links to documents and web sites related to my work as a
 scholar and teacher of the social and philosophical foundations of education.
 

 EAF 228 Syllabus

EAF 231 Syllabus

Kohl, H. "Creative maladjustment and the struggle for public education"

Monetary Critique & Reform websites

 Eckrich handout #1
Socialization, Education, and Indoctrination

Eckrich handout #2 Public School Funding in Illinois

 Eckrich handout #3 "Creating Inclusive Learning Spaces"

Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma (intro & parts II & III)

Anyone interested in political-economic analysis, and specifically the topic of monetary critique and reform that comprises one part of my research agenda, may find the following websites--many of which have links to other sites--helpful:

American Monetary Institute:  http://www.monetary.org/index.html
New Economics Foundation:  http://www.neweconomics.org/
Ben Dyson's website on the financial crisis and monetary reform:  http://www.bendyson.com/
Positive Money Campaign:  http://www.positivemoney.org.uk/
Chris Martenson's Crash Course:  http://www.chrismartenson.com/crashcourse
Prosperity UK--Freedom From Debt Slavery: http://prosperityuk.com/
New Economics Institute (formerly E. F. Schumacher Society):  http://neweconomicsinstitute.org/
E. F. Schumacher Society:  http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/
Monetarist Thomas Greco:  http://www.reinventingmoney.com/index.html
Economist Michael Hudson: http://michael-hudson.com/
The Kettle Pond Institute for Debt-Free Money & Economic Stability (see "Coffee w/ Joe"):  http://www.economicstability.org/ 
Margrit Kennedy and MONETA:  http://www.margritkennedy.de/;    http://www.monneta.org/index.html
Works by Suhr, Kennedy, Gesell, and others at:  http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~roehrigw/ (click on the English listings)
Time Dollars:  http://www.timedollar.org/
Ithaca Hours:  http://www.ithacahours.com/
LETS (Local Employment and Trading Systems):  http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/
The CCsyndicator network:  http://ccit.wji.com/tiki-view_articles.php
Bromsgrove Group, UK:  http://www.ProsperityUK.com/
The Burlington (VT) Currency Project:  http://www.burlingtoncurrency.org/
Robert Schalkenbach Foundation (for works by Henry George):  http://www.schalkenbach.org/index.html
Articles, books, and more by economist Michael Hudson of ISLET:  http://www.michael-hudson.com/
NPR's Planet Money blog:  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94427042
U.S. Treasury Department Bureau on the Public Debt:  http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/ir/ir_expense.htm
The TERRA (Trade Reference Currency):  http://www.terratrc.org/index.html
The U.S. Federal Reserve System's purposes and functions:  http://www.federalreserve.gov/pf/pf.htm
WealthMoney.org:  http://www.wealthmoney.org/
Former EAF 228 student's website on finance:  http://my.ilstu.edu/~rjpepic/Financial%20sites.htm
Ellen Brown's Web of Debt articles:  http://www.webofdebt.com/articles/
Kentucky Council on Economic Education (KCEE) e-learning center:  http://www.kcee.org/
Slow Money:  http://www.slowmoney.org/
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) economic justice initiative:  http://www.afsc.net/neoeconomicjustice.html
 Australian scholar Steve Keen's Debtwatch:  http://www.debtdeflation.com/blogs/
Australian scholar Steve Keen's website:  http://www.debunkingeconomics.com/
Money 2.0 mutual credit concept/currency: http://www.money20.org/
Play "Spent," an online poverty simulation game:  http://playspent.org/
Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovations: http://www.fastcoexist.com/