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  • Is It Time to Stop Bashing the Liberal Arts?

    Is It Time to Stop Bashing the Liberal Arts?0

    With college tuition and student-loan debt at all-time highs, it’s fashionable to bash “the liberal arts.” The standard complaint, and the point of many jokes, is that majoring in such subjects as literature, philosophy, and history doesn’t develop skills marketable enough to generate a decent “return on investment.” Even President Obama has beaten that drum.

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  • Is it Time to Scrap the SAT and ACT?

    Is it Time to Scrap the SAT and ACT?0

    Parents, test prep experts, and college counselors give careful thought in working with students as they approach the crucial “college entrance exam.” Which of the two exams should they prep for? Which of the two exams will they do better on? After running an SAT/ACT Prep company for a couple of years, I became convinced

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  • Is It Time to Kiss the Nuclear Family Goodbye?

    Is It Time to Kiss the Nuclear Family Goodbye?0

    Is the nuclear family finished? Given the decline of marriage over the past five decades and the rise of cohabiting and single parenthood, as well as childlessness, it might seem so. The demise of the traditional family might even be welcomed by a few progressives. But we should not easily kiss goodbye to an institution

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  • Is it Time to Give Teachers More Autonomy in the Classroom?

    Is it Time to Give Teachers More Autonomy in the Classroom?0

    In a recent article for The Atlantic, author and teacher Timothy Walker ponders the question of what happens when Finnish teachers are placed in American classrooms. Long the poster child of modern western education success stories, the Finnish education system attributes part of its success to more recess and greater teacher autonomy. It is this

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  • Is It Time to Dump the SAT?

    Is It Time to Dump the SAT?0

    Several years ago, a bright 25-year-old told me about her time tutoring those taking the SAT tests in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She worked hard to prep young people for these college admissions tests, demanded much of her students, and set the bar high for herself and them.   One young man, a wealthy foreign-born

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  • Is it Time to Be Honest About Ethanol?

    Is it Time to Be Honest About Ethanol?0

    The federal government imposes a mandate to blend corn ethanol and other biofuels into the nation’s gasoline. This “renewable fuel standard” or RFS raises prices at the gas pump. The “10% Ethanol” sticker you see when filling your tank signals that you are being economically exploited by the government in cahoots with corn farmers. At

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