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  • The 4 Horsemen of the Philosophical Apocalypse

    The 4 Horsemen of the Philosophical Apocalypse0

    Robert Maynard Hutchins (1899-1977) was the dean of Yale Law School, the president of the University of Chicago, and one of the more influential philosophers of education in the 20th century. In a stirring passage from a series of lectures he gave in 1951, Hutchins identified four intellectual trends that had been absolutely disastrous for

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  • The 4 Gods of the Public Education System

    The 4 Gods of the Public Education System1

    In the eyes of most people, America’s public education system is the secular alternative to religious, faith-based schools. But as I and others have argued, this dichotomy is false. The public education system also promotes a kind of religion, which has its own creed, rituals, and gods. In his book The End of Education: Redefining

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  • The 3 Ways One Pioneer Mother Taught Her Children to Love Reading

    The 3 Ways One Pioneer Mother Taught Her Children to Love Reading0

    In a recent conversation, a friend of mine shared how one of her children had been diagnosed with dyslexia. They were working to overcome the difficulty, but the obstacle was still troubling to her as a mother. “After all,” she mourned, “children learn so much more if they’re able to read. They miss so much

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  • The 3 Top Reasons Parents Homeschool Children

    The 3 Top Reasons Parents Homeschool Children0

    Although homeschool anecdotes are a dime a dozen, hardcore statistics on this emerging education trend are often few and far between. But on Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education released the latest official numbers on homeschooling in America. Not surprisingly, they continue to rise. The study, conducted on statistics from 2012, shows that roughly 1.8

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  • The 3 Simple Components to Raising an Intelligent Child

    The 3 Simple Components to Raising an Intelligent Child7

    A friend of mine recently told me that his daughter got an F on her college paper. “Please don’t tell me she used AI to write it,” I said in disbelief. “Well, no, she didn’t … but everyone else in the class did,” he replied, going on to say that the instructor accidentally lumped his

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  • The 3 Basic Ingredients Needed for Life Happiness

    The 3 Basic Ingredients Needed for Life Happiness0

    One of the overarching desires in life – whether we admit it or not – is to simply be happy. We know it’s not always feasible or realistic, yet it’s something we desire on some level—for ourselves, our spouses, and most especially, our children. Unfortunately, most of America isn’t achieving that desired happiness. The 2017

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