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  • Should Teachers Have a Working Knowledge of the Constitution?

    Should Teachers Have a Working Knowledge of the Constitution?0

    Given that only 1 in 4 American high school seniors are proficient in civics and 1 in 10 are proficient in U.S. history, one would think that schools would sense an urgency to beef up their offerings and emphasis in these areas. But while that may be the case in some states, it doesn’t seem

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  • Should Students be Taught to Spot Logical Fallacies?

    Should Students be Taught to Spot Logical Fallacies?1

    Ever since the particularly contentious and wild 2016 presidential election, an increasing number of articles have posed the question: “How do you talk to your kids about Donald Trump?” Or about the many other varied and wild political fights that occur with increasing regularity? The question largely revolves around Trump because of his sometimes controversial

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  • Should Students be Taught to Argue Rationally?

    Should Students be Taught to Argue Rationally?0

    Critical thinking has become a buzzword in today’s education system – and for good cause. Effective reasoning skills are essential in the fast-paced information world in which we live. But are students actually learning how to be critical thinkers? Or do teachers really even know how to train students in effective reasoning?   If college students

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  • Should Students Be Punished for Recording their Professors?

    Should Students Be Punished for Recording their Professors?0

    Recently a conservative student at Orange Coast College in California was suspended for video-recording his professor going on a liberal rant last November. The professor, Olga Perez Stable Cox, was supposed to be teaching a human sexuality course, but instead went on a tangent about the country being in a state of “civil war” and

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  • Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?

    Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?0

    As the new school year quickly approaches, college freshmen will soon learn the proper way to address their new instructors. No longer are the go-to titles of “Mr.” and “Ms.” commonly used like they are for K-12 teachers; rather, “Professor,” “Doctor,” and first names are thrown in. The pertinent question today asks whether it’s okay

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  • Should She Have Helicoptered?

    Should She Have Helicoptered?0

    On top of everything else that is vexing about parenting, there’s this: You will never know if you’re doing it “right.” That’s because… No. 1: What the heck IS “right”? No. 2: How can we know what effect we’ve had on our kids at all? (If you have more than one, you’ll notice they’re not

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