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  • This 1840 Quote Explains Why Black Graduation Ceremonies are Getting So Much Attention

    This 1840 Quote Explains Why Black Graduation Ceremonies are Getting So Much Attention0

    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 Agitation

    This 1835 Description of Europe Explains Modern America’s Agitation0

    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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  • Thinking Students Rank Last on the Government School Agenda

    Thinking Students Rank Last on the Government School Agenda0

    One of my favorite field trips as a child was my annual summer visit to a one-room schoolhouse where I spent the day dressed in an old-fashioned dress and bonnet, scratching away on a slate and learning lessons out of old McGuffey Readers. At the time, my delight in the McGuffey Readers stemmed from the

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  • Thinking Rationally about Health Care

    Thinking Rationally about Health Care0

    In order to make legislative choices about health care that are both humane and rational, we need to ask and discuss whether health care is a right or a commodity. If some sort or degree of health care is a right, we owe that care to each other regardless of individual ability to pay. If

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  • Thinking Free While Living With the Establishment

    Thinking Free While Living With the Establishment0

    This week I celebrated my 70th birthday. I like the sound of 70. In terms of human years that number seems possessed of dignity and wisdom, and though I may lack both attributes, 70 provides a façade leading others to think that age has endowed me with these prizes. Regardless, I have reached the age when

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  • Think You’re Bad at Math? You May Suffer from ‘Math Trauma’

    Think You’re Bad at Math? You May Suffer from ‘Math Trauma’1

    • November 1, 2018

    I teach people how to teach math, and I’ve been working in this field for 30 years. Across those decades, I’ve met many people who suffer from varying degrees of math trauma – a form of debilitating mental shutdown when it comes to doing mathematics. When people share their stories with me, there are common

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