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  • This 40-Year-Old Statement about Evergreen College May Explain the Campus’ Current Upheaval

    This 40-Year-Old Statement about Evergreen College May Explain the Campus’ Current Upheaval0

    By now most of us have heard the name of The Evergreen State College. And by now, many of us are likely sick of it as well. The small state college was launched to national prominence early in 2017 when students protested statements made by Bret Weinstein, a liberal biology professor. Weinstein’s sin occurred when

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  • This 1960s Greek Village Was Cut Off from the Modern World

    This 1960s Greek Village Was Cut Off from the Modern World0

    In Portrait of a Greek Mountain Village, anthropologist Juliet du Boulay offers a glimpse of how rural Greek people (and most people in the world) thought and lived before modernity had fully absorbed them. Du Boulay lived in a village known by the pseudonym of “Ambéli” for two years in the late 1960s. Though much of

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  • This 1918 Journal Entry Will Make You Thank a Veteran

    This 1918 Journal Entry Will Make You Thank a Veteran0

    November 11th marks the official observance of Veterans Day, the holiday first inaugurated to celebrate the end of World War I. Because of our dislike for the horrors of war, it’s easy to dismiss and overlook the great sacrifices and heroism exhibited by our veterans. One of these often overlooked war heroes is Sergeant Alvin

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  • This 1897 Text Gives 3 Clues Why Today’s Students Can’t Write

    This 1897 Text Gives 3 Clues Why Today’s Students Can’t Write0

    Last week the Nation’s Report Card announced that no more than 40% of America’s 4th and 8th graders are proficient in reading and math. Those are scary numbers, but the numbers for writing are even more frightening: only 27% of American 8th and 12th graders attained proficiency. Why are American students such terrible writers? Several

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  • This 1896 Text Gives One Clue on Handling High School Discipline

    This 1896 Text Gives One Clue on Handling High School Discipline0

    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 Shame

    This 1890 Australian Homework Book Puts Today’s Students to Shame0

    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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