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How John Dewey ‘Deadened the Souls’ of America’s Children0
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- January 25, 2018
The story of American public education begins with Horace Mann. It was Mann who popularized the idea that American schools should teach all students, be non-sectarian, and tax-supported. A little less than a half-century passed between Mann’s death and the advent of John Dewey. That half-century may well be the most dynamic period of American History.
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How Johann Sebastian Bach Taught His Students0
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- March 21, 2016
March 21st marks the birthday of one of the greatest composers of all time: Johann Sebastian Bach. Beyond being a great composer, Bach was also a great teacher who raised many pupils to be masters of their craft. According to Bach’s first biographer, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Bach’s success as a teacher resulted in part from
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How Jefferson Fostered Rational Thinking in Politics0
- History
- April 17, 2017
April 13 marked the birthday of American hero Thomas Jefferson. Best known for his role in penning the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson also held the rare and prestigious post of President of the United States. His path to the White House, however, was long and contentious, a fact referenced numerous times during the equally bitter
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How J.R.R. Tolkien Used Middle-Earth to Reveal Who We Are0
- Literature
- March 9, 2017
In his famous essay on fairy stories, J. R. R. Tolkien asserted that one of the most important facets of fairytales is that they hold up a “Mirror of scorn and pity towards Man”. The fairy story, Tolkien wrote, “may be used as a Mirour de l’Omme” (mirror of man), as something that shows us
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How J.R.R. Tolkien Responded to News of the Atomic Bomb0
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- April 25, 2017
On Aug. 9, 1945, the day the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb—this one on the Japanese city of Nagasaki—J.R.R. Tolkien penned a letter to his son, Christopher Tolkien. Here is what he wrote: “The news today about ‘Atomic bombs’ is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent
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How ISIS Recruits and Coerces Children0
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- August 29, 2016
Last week the world once again witnessed an Islamic State’s use of at least one child bomber, perhaps two. A child between the ages of 12 and 14 was reportedly the culprit behind a suicide attack – blowing up the wedding of Besna and Nurettin Akdogan in Gaziantep, Turkey and killing 54 people on Aug.
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