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Lillie M. Thomas

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  • Should Parents Stop Helping Their Kids So Much with Homework?

    Should Parents Stop Helping Their Kids So Much with Homework?1

    A child is capable of completing a homework assignment without his parents’ help. Astonishing, right?  According to a recent New York Times piece by Kj Dell’Antonia on her own parenting experience, it would seem to be. But, Dell’Antionia’s experience is not unique in our culture that expects “good” parents to be hyper-involved. Dell’Antonia relates that

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  • Schools are Teaching Kids to Have Emotional “Meta-Moments”?!?

    Schools are Teaching Kids to Have Emotional “Meta-Moments”?!?0

    One of the hottest topics in modern education is the need to teach kids emotional skills. This year, as the Seattle Times reports, several Seattle school districts are adopting a Yale-developed program called “RULER” (“Recognize, Understand, Label, Express and Regulate emotions”) to teach kids “emotional smarts alongside academics.”  The program is predictably bizarre-sounding and touchy-feely. Students

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  • Does Homeschooling Give Children More Room to Excel?

    Does Homeschooling Give Children More Room to Excel?0

    Many homeschooled children continue to demonstrate impressive academic feats. The latest example is a homeschooled Minnesota teen who became one of a very small number of students to achieve a perfect score on the ACT. As Fox 9 reports, Sam Mansfield scored a 36 on the February ACT. According to the testing service, of the

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  • A Convincing Case for Saying ‘Y’all’?

    A Convincing Case for Saying ‘Y’all’?0

    Grammarians and lovers of the English language will either be intrigued or horrified by a recent piece for The Atlantic. In it, writer Vann R. Newkirk II makes the case that “y’all” NEEDS to be adopted into common usage beyond the American south. Newkirk points out that there are “no distinct second-person plural pronouns in

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