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  • Do Children Really Need ‘More Rigorous’ Pre-Schools?

    Do Children Really Need ‘More Rigorous’ Pre-Schools?0

    My grandmother taught kindergarten. In the ‘40s, before her own baby boomer children arrived, she spent weekday mornings singing ABCs and writing 123s with neighborhood children in the living room of her small suburban home. Kindergarten back then was very different from today. For one, it was fun. For another, it was part-time and low-key.

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  • Do Children Learn to Read Better From Their Parents?

    Do Children Learn to Read Better From Their Parents?0

    While paging through The Ordinary Parent’s Guide to Teaching Reading, I came across a fascinating little story from author Jessie Wise’s personal experience: “I was adopted by an elderly couple who had been educated in an isolated, rural one-room schoolhouse. By her eighth and final year of school, Meme had studied algebra, Latin, and the

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  • Do Black Lives Matter in the White Elite’s Civil War?

    Do Black Lives Matter in the White Elite’s Civil War?0

    Sasha Johnson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, tweeted the last day of 2020 her highest hope as a black nationalist: “The white man will not be our equal but our slave. History is changing. No peace without justice.” I kept this statement in mind as I looked at USA Today and our look-alike local

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  • Do Barn Weddings Diminish the Solemnity of Marriage?

    Do Barn Weddings Diminish the Solemnity of Marriage?1

    A headline in The Atlantic caught my eye the other day. “Why is Everybody Getting Married in a Barn?” the article asked. I had to laugh, because I’m pretty sure I’ve had a similar question put to me at least once in the last year. Clearly there’s something of a trend going on, and if

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  • Do Animals go to Heaven? C.S. Lewis’ Answer Might Surprise You

    Do Animals go to Heaven? C.S. Lewis’ Answer Might Surprise You2

    A few nights ago, my four-year-old daughter asked me if animals go to heaven. She is a rather philosophical little creature, but I’m guessing her question was motivated primarily by her recent viewing of All Dogs Go to Heaven at her cousins’ home over Easter weekend. Unprepared, I quickly replied that they do, if you

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  • Do Americans Shame Too Much – Or Not Enough?

    Do Americans Shame Too Much – Or Not Enough?0

    • November 7, 2017

    The word “shameless” is being tossed around an awful lot these days, which might speak to what many see as the country’s increasingly coarse, vitriolic political discourse. Perhaps, the thinking goes, American culture could use a dose of shame and humility. But what about people harassed on social media, like Walter Palmer, the dentist who

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