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  • When the Father of Modern, American Education thought Soviet Schools were the Best Example

    When the Father of Modern, American Education thought Soviet Schools were the Best Example0

    John Dewey (1859-1952) was the education philosopher largely credited with the creation of the modern, progressive approach to education that now dominates American schools. His influence was far-reaching and cannot be denied. As always, we must remember that there is no value-neutral education. All education is the purposeful shaping of young minds towards a certain

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  • When the Bible Was “Updated” for Modern Audiences

    When the Bible Was “Updated” for Modern Audiences0

    • October 15, 2015

    Yesterday we discussed the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s project to update the language of Shakespeare’s plays for modern audiences. Today I thought I would point to another example of a piece of Elizabethan literature that was updated into modern idiom: the Bible. (And yes, Christians, I’m aware that the Bible is regarded as more than “literature.”)

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  • When Tech Elites Lose Their Religion

    When Tech Elites Lose Their Religion0

    Remember the “digital divide”? That’s a media-friendly bit of alliteration, going back to the 1990s, used to describe the unequal distribution of digital access. That is, there were some areas where the Internet and related technologies were scarce — and those areas still exist today. Yet lately we’ve seen the emergence of a second kind of digital

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  • When Surfing the Real World Beats Surfing the Screen

    When Surfing the Real World Beats Surfing the Screen0

    A few years ago, I took some adolescent grandchildren to the grocery store and was astonished by their wonderment. One had never set foot in a grocery store, and the others were infrequent visitors, to put it mildly. They learned some things that day, like how to pick out the best bunch of bananas and

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  • When Students Melt Down Over a ‘B’

    When Students Melt Down Over a ‘B’2

    The library on campus of a small Catholic university in Illinois was largely empty. Since the administrators had replaced most of the bookshelves with plush furniture, conference tables, and chairs, it better resembled an airport terminal just before a redeye. A handful of students were staring intensely into computer screens, while another pair talked loudly – no

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  • When Sport Conquers Iranian Politics

    When Sport Conquers Iranian Politics0

    In 2016, Kimia Alizadeh won an Olympic medal, the first in history for an Iranian woman. On Saturday she announced she is defecting to the West. Alizadeh publicized her decision in an Instagram post, reports NPR. While the post makes no mention of where she has gone, the Iranian Students News Agency reports the Netherlands is

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