Chip Mosher

Chip Mosher
Born Chillecothe, Ohio
Occupation Newspaper columnist
Teacher
Nationality  United States
Genre Nonfiction
Notable awards Nobel Educator of Distinction
Website
lasvegascitylife.com/sections/opinion/socrates-sodom

Chip Mosher (born in Chillecothe, Ohio) is a poet, high school teacher and newspaper columnist who writes about education and history.

Early life

At 5, Mosher, who grew up in Northeastern Ohio, spent the 10th grade in a boys' juvenile hall. He graduated in 1965 from Salem High School. In 1969, he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Mount Union College in Alliance, Ohio. He attended a master's program at Duke Divinity School from 1969-1972, and he earned a master’s in education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1998.

Career

Mosher was a volunteer teacher in Thessaloniki, Greece from 1972-1974.[1] In 1988, he started teaching history at a high-risk school within the Clark County School District in Las Vegas.

Since 2005, he has written a weekly column titled "Socrates in Sodom" for Las Vegas CityLife, an alternative newsweekly. The tag line at the end of his column states that he is "a simple classroom teacher."[2] He also writes a monthly almanac for CityLife.[3]

As a teacher who writes about the school district he works for, the opinions in his column have been controversial.[4][5][6] He is regularly interviewed by newspapers about education issues.[7][8]

In 2005, he released a CD of poems titled America, Please.

Awards

In 2011, Mosher received a Nobel Educator of Distinction Award for "excellence in teaching" from the National Society of High School Scholars.[9]

In 2008, he received a first-place journalism award from the Nevada Press Association for his CityLife education column.[10]

In 2004, he was awarded Honorable Mention for a 2005 Nevada Arts Council fellowship.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Chip Mosher: A backward-forward glance". Las Vegas CityLife. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  2. ↑ Reporters' Notebook | Las Vegas Review-Journal
  3. ↑ Mosher, Chip (2012-07-16). "Chip Mosher's July Almanac". Las Vegas CityLife. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  4. ↑ Gray, Karen (2010-10-28). "The CCSD machine". Nevada Journal. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  5. ↑ "The National Right to Work Committee® | 'The Teachers' Union Just Keeps Doing the Limbo From Year to Year to See How Much Lower It Can Go . . .'". Nrtwc.org. 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  6. ↑ Union “Benefits Review” Requires Birth Certificates, Tax Returns | Intercepts
  7. ↑ Is the Clark County School District a “political machine”? | Nevada News and Views Archived 2014-03-31 at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ E-mails get school district in legal bind | Las Vegas Review-Journal
  9. ↑ Educators of Distinction - National Society of High School Scholars Archived 2013-07-08 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ "2008 Nevada Press Association Better Newspaper Contest winners - Las Vegas Sun News". Lasvegassun.com. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
  11. ↑ Nevada Arts Council, "Artist Fellowships Awarded," Summer 2004
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