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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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  • Problem: 21% of Parents Don’t Require Their Kids to Do Chores

    Problem: 21% of Parents Don’t Require Their Kids to Do Chores0

    Ever feel like a meanie by requiring your kids to help with family chores, such as folding laundry or washing dishes? You shouldn’t, because as Time Magazine reports, children whose parents require them to do chores are likely to be more successful in life. Reporting on a recent survey from Funifi, TIME notes the ups

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  • Privatize the Public Monuments

    Privatize the Public Monuments0

    When I was a student at the University of Colorado, I regularly walked by the Dalton Trumbo memorial fountain which, of course, was named after the communist Stalin-sympathizing novelist and screenwriter.  Once upon a time, the fountain had been simply known as “the fountain,” but around 25 years ago, it was unnecessarily renamed after a controversial person.  The reason for the

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  • Private Gym Owners Infuriated to Learn Government Gyms Stayed Open

    Private Gym Owners Infuriated to Learn Government Gyms Stayed Open0

    For months, most gyms in San Francisco have been closed, the result of a city order preventing them from opening their doors as a public safety measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. But not all gyms. It was recently revealed that some gyms – city-owned ones – have been open for months, allowing city employees to

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