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  • Barbarians At The Banquet

    Barbarians At The Banquet0

    A reader shared this with me, and gave me permission to post it, on the condition that I edit it to prevent others from identifying this school or group. Which I have done: So I was in a long-established, semi-scholarly fraternal organization at an elite American university. I thoroughly enjoyed my time in it, because

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  • Barbara Oakley Explains One Huge Flaw in U.S. Education

    Barbara Oakley Explains One Huge Flaw in U.S. Education0

    What does an expert in learning think about how to learn math (and other things for that matter)? Barbara Oakley is the author of A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even if You Flunked Algebra) and Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential; she is also a distinguished

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  • Bans on Smartphones in the Classroom Gain Favor Across Political Spectrum

    Bans on Smartphones in the Classroom Gain Favor Across Political Spectrum0

    The school year is over, and the results should leave parents and educators with more anxiety than relief. Achievement scores are near historical lows and student absenteeism is high. There is some bipartisan agreement, though, on classroom management that could help students begin to rebound in the fall: Prohibit smartphones in classrooms. Earlier this year, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb,

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  • Banishing the Bible

    Banishing the Bible0

    • August 5, 2016

    A headline in The Washington Post the other day caught my attention by proclaiming “Newspapers were once full of Bible quotes.” The story explained how a George Mason University professor named Lincoln Mullen has recently been going through American newspapers from the 19th and early 20th centuries and searching them for biblical quotations or references:

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  • Ban Burqas? Don’t be Too Hasty

    Ban Burqas? Don’t be Too Hasty0

    The Netherlands parliament recently banned facial coverings (including burqas and niqabs) in some public place. But isn’t such a ban a direct attack on Muslims and their religious freedom?   That depends on which side you talk to. As one German news outlet puts it: “Proponents of the law argue it was necessary for security

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  • Baltimore’s Homicide Rate Is Ten Times Larger Than the U.S. Rate

    Baltimore’s Homicide Rate Is Ten Times Larger Than the U.S. Rate0

    Donald Trump in recent days has repeatedly attacked the city of Baltimore for its very low quality of life, denouncing it as “rodent-infested” and noting it has a very, very high homicide rate. It’s difficult to find reliable stats on Baltimore’s rodent population per capita, but we can consult the FBI crime data on Baltimore’s

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