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  • 6 Education Cartoons That Tell It Like It Is0

    • May 28, 2015

    1. (Above) We’re not all the same. Everybody knows that we’re not all the same with the exception of—apparently—public school administrators and curriculum writers.   2. The condescension is palpable today, even if it’s not based on any evidence. Fact: college isn’t for everyone, and there are good options for those who choose not to get a

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  • 6 Distressing Characteristics of the “Mass Man”

    6 Distressing Characteristics of the “Mass Man”0

    One of the most noteworthy critics of the modern age was the German academic (with a not-so-German name) Romano Guardini (1885-1968). Among others, his thoughts on technology and the environment have influenced Pope Francis, as was apparent in his recent encyclical Laudato Si. In his essay The End of the Modern World, Guardini claims that the rise

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  • 6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America

    6 Charts that Show the Divide Between Rural and Urban America0

    Editor’s note: We’ve all heard of the great divide between life in rural and urban America. But what are the factors that contribute to these differences? We asked sociologists, economists, geographers and historians to describe the divide from different angles. The data paint a richer and sometimes surprising picture of the U.S. today. 1. Poverty

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  • 6 Brilliant Authors Who Died Penniless

    6 Brilliant Authors Who Died Penniless0

    The many authors we hail today as cultural and literary geniuses are often assumed to have been recognized as such during their lifetimes, living successful – at least financially successful – lives. However, that assumption is often not the case. The five authors below were not as popular during their lives as they are now

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  • 6 Benefits of Garden-Based Learning

    6 Benefits of Garden-Based Learning0

    If you have children or work with children, then you probably have noticed that hands-on experiences help them make connections to the lessons they are learning. This is especially true when the lesson involves something you enjoy or have made a hobby out of, such as gardening. Hands-on learning experiences surround us if we take

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  • 500 Years Ago, This is What Europeans Were Doing on August 15

    500 Years Ago, This is What Europeans Were Doing on August 150

    • August 15, 2015

    The answer: celebrating the feast of Mary’s Assumption. From early centuries, Christians believed that Jesus Christ’s mother, Mary, was taken up (“assumed”) body and soul into heaven upon her death. They celebrated this event annually with a feast day since at least the 6th century. And in Europe of 1515, when the overwhelming majority of

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