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  • Elon Musk Wants Talent, Not Diplomas

    Elon Musk Wants Talent, Not Diplomas0

    Elon Musk says skills matter more than diplomas. The founder and CEO of corporate innovation giants Tesla and SpaceX tweeted on February 2 that he is hiring for his artificial intelligence group at Tesla and wants to recruit the most talented people he can find. Talent, to Musk, means “deep understanding” of artificial intelligence and the ability

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  • ‘Miss Virginia’ Depicts the Education Dilemma of Many Lower-Income Families

    ‘Miss Virginia’ Depicts the Education Dilemma of Many Lower-Income Families0

    Every once in awhile, a film comes along that you can’t stop thinking about long after the credits roll. Miss Virginia is such a movie. With superb acting and heart-wrenching emotion, it features the true story of Virginia Walden Ford, a Washington, D.C. mom who simply wanted better education options for her child and who would

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  • ‘We’ Should Not Regulate Homeschooling

    ‘We’ Should Not Regulate Homeschooling0

    The desire to control other people’s ideas and behaviors, particularly when they challenge widely-held beliefs and customs, is one of human nature’s most nefarious tendencies. Socrates was sentenced to death for stepping out of line; Galileo almost was. But such extreme examples are outnumbered by the many more common, pernicious acts of trying to control

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  • Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom

    Rose Wilder Lane: Pioneer of Educational Freedom0

    My eight-year-old daughter Abby recently started reading Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It was prompted, in part, by watching the Little House on the Prairie television episodes with her great-aunt. Coincidentally, I have been reading more lately about some of the key women in history who promoted the ideals of

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