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  • Teaching the ‘American Creed’ – not DEI – was the Original Goal for American Schools

    Teaching the ‘American Creed’ – not DEI – was the Original Goal for American Schools29

    Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, takes her teaching duties seriously it seems, even though she’s no longer in the classroom. Her expert teacher mentality reared itself in a recent interview with Fox News host Martha McCallum, making headlines when Weingarten referred to McCallum as “sweetheart” a couple times in a condescending

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  • Teaching Students to Write in the Wrong Way

    Teaching Students to Write in the Wrong Way0

    American students are terrible writers. Employers, professors, and statistics agree. In 2011, only 27% of American 8th and 12th graders were deemed proficient in writing. Naturally, teachers are working hard to overcome this problem. But a recent article in The Wall Street Journal makes me wonder if some are approaching it the wrong way: “English

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  • Teaching Humane Literature in High Schools0

    In many American high schools, the teaching of literature is in the sere and yellow leaf. One reason for this decay is the unsatisfactory quality of many programs of reading; another is the limited knowledge of humane letters possessed by some well-intentioned teachers, uncertain of what books they ought to select for their students to

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  • Teaching History Without Identity Politics

    Teaching History Without Identity Politics1

    “Our children need to learn more history and civics!” is a regular rallying cry for those who want to see America returned to its moral and common sense roots. That a greater emphasis on history and civics is needed is evident from The Nation’s Report Card, which finds only 24 percent of American high school seniors

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  • Teaching Children to Self-Entertain

    Teaching Children to Self-Entertain2

    Teaching children to self-entertain is key to traditional parenting. While I totally understand the desire to occasionally use technology and screens as “babysitters,” shouldn’t parents aim to instill more sustainable and healthier alternatives? In comes teaching children to self-entertain! Essentially, self-entertainment means kids keeping themselves appropriately occupied while a parent’s attention is elsewhere. As much

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  • Teaching Children to Recognize Propaganda

    Teaching Children to Recognize Propaganda1

    When the pandemic hit, school went online and learning seemed to be thrown to the wind. As the pandemic stretched on, many teachers were loath to return to the classroom because of apparent COVID fears. Parents began to question whether teachers were really concerned about or eager to foster their children’s learning, especially as they

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