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  • Prof: Kids are Not Learning Anything

    Prof: Kids are Not Learning Anything0

    Ask British professor Dennis Hayes how government-run schools are doing and he would say they’re in bad shape. As he recently explained to The Independent, “the kids are basically not learning anything,” largely because the schools “confuse information with knowledge.” But Hayes isn’t simply bashing the schools without offering solutions. According to him, reintroducing subjects

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  • Prof: 3 Reasons Lack of Manners is Killing the University

    Prof: 3 Reasons Lack of Manners is Killing the University0

    Over the weekend, University of North Carolina professor Molly Worthen penned an article for The New York Times intriguingly titled, “U Can’t Talk to Ur Professor Like This.” As the article infers, the popular concept of parents allowing children to be their “friends” has hit the ivy halls, and many students are bringing familiarity into

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  • Prof Who Said She’s Happy Barbara Bush Is Dead Didn’t Violate University Policies, Cal State Says

    Prof Who Said She’s Happy Barbara Bush Is Dead Didn’t Violate University Policies, Cal State Says0

    California State University, Fresno closed its investigation Tuesday into the professor who called former first lady Barbara Bush an “amazing racist” and said she is “happy the witch is dead.” Fresno State President Joseph I. Castro asserted that English professor Randa Jarrar did not violate any of the school’s policies with her remarks, reported the Foundation for Individual Rights in

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  • Prof Issues ‘Trigger Warning’ to His Editing Class

    Prof Issues ‘Trigger Warning’ to His Editing Class0

    Take any stack of student essays these day, and you’ll most likely get a “basket of deplorables.”   As we at Intellectual Takeout have pointed out on several occasions, only about 25% of America’s high school seniors are proficient in writing. We don’t really place most of the blame for this on the students. Chances

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  • Prof Explains Why Black Families are Rejecting Public Schools

    Prof Explains Why Black Families are Rejecting Public Schools0

    Because of their long-fought battle for equal access to education, it is generally assumed that black families are big fans of public schooling. That assumption, however, is beginning to show its datedness, as evidenced by the research of University of Georgia College of Education professor Cheryl Fields-Smith. In a recent interview with The 74, Dr.

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  • Prof Explains What’s Wrong with Today’s ‘Critical Thinking’

    Prof Explains What’s Wrong with Today’s ‘Critical Thinking’0

    We’re all familiar with the term “critical thinking.” Read just about any learning objectives for a school at any level and it won’t be long before the phrase appears. But recent research suggests that neither teachers nor students really understand what critical thinking is. Rob Jenkins’ longtime experience as a professor at Georgia State University

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