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  • Professor: One Reason Why Universities Became Day Cares

    Professor: One Reason Why Universities Became Day Cares0

    Last fall, university president Dr. Everett Piper made headlines when he warned students that college was not intended to be a day care, but “a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up.” The realization that many of today’s university students have not grown up has caught on with the general

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  • Professor: My Students Can’t Handle Opposing Political Views Anymore

    Professor: My Students Can’t Handle Opposing Political Views Anymore1

    As a college teacher, I try to listen to all points of view, and I want students to feel they can speak up in class to express their own thoughts, and to challenge anything I say in class. I tell them, “Don’t believe anything I tell you. This is college and you should be thinking

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  • Professor: Children’s Imaginations Are Being Destroyed

    Professor: Children’s Imaginations Are Being Destroyed0

    Driving by a house with several children romping around in the front yard wrestling one another or running around in absurd dress-up costumes almost never fails to make me smile. Unfortunately, those smiles are few and far between because this scene now rarely occurs. Where has the imagination of children gone? Providence College professor Anthony

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  • Professor: America’s Public Schools Have Always Been ‘Religious’

    Professor: America’s Public Schools Have Always Been ‘Religious’1

    It’s assumed by many that America’s public schools are, and have always been, a value-neutral and secular alternative to faith-based schools.   But that’s not really accurate. As Boston University professor Charles Glenn has argued in The Myth of the Common School, the creation of America’s public school system was simply the triumph of one

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  • Professor: ‘Textbooks are enemies of education’

    Professor: ‘Textbooks are enemies of education’1

    The PreK-12 education system is becoming increasingly centralized. As I’ve pointed out before, the number of school districts in America has decreased by over 90% since FDR’s New Deal. With this increased centralization—and the standardized tests that have come with it—teachers have lost a lot of autonomy over their classrooms and what gets taught in

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  • Professor: ‘Education is Grossly Overrated’

    Professor: ‘Education is Grossly Overrated’0

    If you grew up as a normal child, you probably uttered the following words at some point: “But Mom! Why do I have to go to school today? I don’t learn anything anyway!” If you’ve been on the receiving end of this complaint, you’ve probably channeled your own mother, protesting vehemently and declaring that the

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