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This 1896 Text Gives One Clue on Handling High School Discipline0
- Culture
- December 10, 2015
The prevalence of school discipline issues has escalated in recent years, so much so, that last Friday, a Minnesota high school student assaulted a teacher during a fight, leaving him with traumatic brain injury. How do we restore order and handle such glaring discipline issues in our schools? An 1896 article by Chas. L. Biedenbach
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This 1890 Australian Homework Book Puts Today’s Students to Shame0
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- April 21, 2017
It’s not often that we get a glimpse of what schoolwork was like around the turn of the 20th century. But every once in a while, someone unearths a record which reveals just how rigorous education used to be. Such was the case in Australia when Marcia Maybury discovered a homework book compiled by her
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This 1886 Cornell English Syllabus May Explain Why College Students Can’t Write0
- Education
- April 28, 2017
According to the Nation’s Report Card, only 27 percent of 8th graders attain proficiency in writing. But no problem, right? They’re just leaving middle school. Give them a few years under the instruction of high school English instructors and all will be well. That seems to be wishful thinking, for the Nation’s Report Card shows
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This 1848 Essay Perfectly Portrays the 2016 Election0
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- October 23, 2015
A couple of days ago Joe Biden announced that he wouldn’t join the roughly 20 candidates running for president in 2016. Regardless of what one thinks of his politics, the Vice President is to be commended. It seems he has resisted the urge and ambition to join the popularity contest and the power and wealth
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This 1840 Quote Explains Why Black Graduation Ceremonies are Getting So Much Attention0
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- June 2, 2017
By now you may have heard about the trend of separate graduation ceremonies. These separate ceremonies are reserved for student groups who feel marginalized on campus and opt to walk for their diploma with those who are most like them. The alternative ceremony with the highest profile occurred in May of 2017, when Harvard held
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This 1835 Description of Europe Explains Modern America’s Agitation0
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- March 8, 2018
The other day I ran across a simple video from The Perennial Plate. The two-minute film featured Bryan Picard, chef and owner of “The Bite House” in Nova Scotia. Like many of today’s trendy restaurants, The Bite House capitalizes on locally grown food served in a gourmet fashion. The unique aspect of Picard’s restaurant, however,
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