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Daniel Lattier

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  • Professor: ‘Textbooks are enemies of education’

    Professor: ‘Textbooks are enemies of education’1

    The PreK-12 education system is becoming increasingly centralized. As I’ve pointed out before, the number of school districts in America has decreased by over 90% since FDR’s New Deal. With this increased centralization—and the standardized tests that have come with it—teachers have lost a lot of autonomy over their classrooms and what gets taught in

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  • History: Don’t Expect Much from ‘The Masses’

    History: Don’t Expect Much from ‘The Masses’0

    In the movie Gladiator, when Maximus enters the arena to boisterous cheers from the crowd, the jealous Commodus laments, “They embrace him like he’s one of their own.” His sister Lucilla responds, “The mob is fickle, brother. He’ll be forgotten in a month.” The mob is fickle. With these words, the character Lucilla succinctly expresses

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  • Why Aren’t Americans Using Their Vacation Time?

    Why Aren’t Americans Using Their Vacation Time?0

    Today, many Americans are busy getting out of town for a 3-day weekend.   But not as many as you think. According to a recent report by Project: Time Off, in 2015, Americans wasted 658 million vacation days, and 55 percent of Americans forfeited at least some of their time off. Why on earth would

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  • Why the Desire to Label Other Opinions as ‘Dumb’?

    Why the Desire to Label Other Opinions as ‘Dumb’?0

    Sometimes our society needs to be reminded of an obvious truth. We find one in Sean Blanda’s essay for Medium this past January. It’s title: “The ‘Other Side’ Is Not Dumb.” As you’ve by no doubt heard or read, America is becoming increasingly polarized. This polarization brings with it a pressure to circle the wagons

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