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  • Take the PISA Test

    Take the PISA Test0

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  • Take off the Masks: A Message to Antifa

    Take off the Masks: A Message to Antifa0

    “Who was that masked man?” When I was a kid, that was the question occasionally raised about television’s Lone Ranger, who along with his sidekick Tonto rode around the West wearing a mask, taking down the bad guys, and shouting “Hi-Ho, Silver! Away!” The Lone Ranger wore the mask to conceal his identity from a

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  • Taco Tuesday’s Days Might Be Numbered. Because Cultural Appropriation

    Taco Tuesday’s Days Might Be Numbered. Because Cultural Appropriation0

    A burrito cart in Portland recently closed after citizens of one of America’s most progressive cities charged its owners with cultural appropriation. Accused of exploiting a marginalized culture by serving its food, two white women and their breakfast burritos were forced into early retirement. Does this signify the collapse of ethnic cuisine? Are all Mexican

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  • Tackling Chores, Teaching Humility

    Tackling Chores, Teaching Humility1

    Years ago, one of my little sister’s least favorite jobs was sweeping the kitchen floor. Although the kitchen was small, the chore would take her forever, and she would often sit there amidst the scattered chairs, broom in one direction, dustpan in another, particles of dust and crumbs trickling into an attempted pile. Suddenly, however,

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  • T.S. Eliot Summed Up Modern Education in 2 Paragraphs

    T.S. Eliot Summed Up Modern Education in 2 Paragraphs0

    A very wise man once noted that there is nothing new under the sun. Perhaps it is for this reason that many who have gone before us are able to frame the issues of our day with such prophetic clarity. T.S. Eliot is no exception. In 1932, Eliot wrote an essay entitled Modern Education and

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  • T.S. Eliot on Early Childhood Education

    T.S. Eliot on Early Childhood Education0

    In the face of abysmal reading, writing, and math proficiency by elementary students, many Americans these days are pushing for universal early childhood education. It’s an odd position we’re in when our education system has expanded itself so incredibly over the 20th century by arguing that it indeed can take kids from all manner of backgrounds

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