Alan Coverstone

(Montgomery Bell Academy)

Academic Dean

Teacher: Government and Politics AP

Assistant Debate Coach


Class Resources:

 

AP Comparative Government and Politics Group (Discussion, syllabus, notes, readings, and other resources)

AP Comparative Government and Politics Wiki (Student forum for the collaborative study of government)

 


Professional and Service Organizations:

 

American Forensics Association (Vice President for High School Affairs, 2004-2007)

National Debate Coaches Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 2001-2006; Current Board Member)

Parents Advisory Council (Magnet Cluster, Elementary Tier, 2005-present)

Magnet Schools Parent Cluster (Co-chair)

Hull Jackson Parent Teacher Organization (Cofounder, 2004; President 2004-05)

Cedar Crest Neighborhood Association (President, 2005-07; Secretary 2007-present)

School Funding Task Force for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, 2004-05 (Parent Representative)

 

 

 


Publications, Manuscripts, and Interviews:

 

An Inward Glance: A Response to Mitchell’s Outward Activist Turn,  in United States Foreign Policy: China Cards, DEBATER’S RESEARCH GUIDE, 1995

Acting on Activism, in National Service Policy: Help Wanted, DEBATER’S RESEARCH GUIDE, 2006

Acting on Activism,   Paper presented at the National Communication Association Annual Conference: Boston, MA, 17 November 2005

The Miner’s Canary, TENNESSEAN, April 19, 2006

Time for a Change, in Space Exploration: The Policy Frontier, DEBATER’S RESEARCH GUIDE, 1990

The Question Is: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Cross Examination, in Effluents and Affluence: Pollution Control, DEBATER’S RESEARCH GUIDE, 1992

Tennessee Progress Report (Radio Interview), February 13, 2006

Liberadio(!) - "Education is the silver bullet. Education is everything. We don't need little changes. We need gigantic revolutionary changes." Episode, October 18, 2005

 


Blog Contributions:

 

CovGov (A blog for extending class discussions outside of the class period)

What’s The Matter With Tennessee (A blog dedicated to political involvement and activism in Nashville and Tennessee)

Great Schools (A blog for commentary on the state of education policy and practice in Nashville, TN)

Debate Scoop (A blog for analysis of politics debates by professional debate coaches and scholars of argument)