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  • Middle-Aged Men Are Part of the Loneliness Epidemic, Too

    Middle-Aged Men Are Part of the Loneliness Epidemic, Too0

    Chronic loneliness is an increasing concern, and apparently not just among the elderly and social-media crazed millennials.  A recently released YouGov survey finds that almost one in five men in the UK say that they have no close friends.  The findings also show that men generally lead more solitary lives than women, who appear to be better at

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  • Middle School Reading Lists 100 Years Ago vs. Today

    Middle School Reading Lists 100 Years Ago vs. Today5

    I recently dug up a 1908 curriculum manual in the Minnesota Historical Society archives. It provided instructions on everything from teacher deportment to recommended literature lists for various grades. As a book lover, I was especially interested in the latter! With the exception of a few textbook-like anthologies, the chart below lists the recommended reading material for

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  • Micro-Schools Offer Kids A Customized, Hands-On Education

    Micro-Schools Offer Kids A Customized, Hands-On Education0

    There’s a world of difference between telling kids what they are supposed to know and teaching them how to learn. As parents look for more and better education options, the up-and-coming phenomenon of micro-schooling aims to bridge the gap between facts and experience with project-based learning. Although the micro-school movement launched in the U.S. and

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  • Michigan Seeks to Ban Police from Seizing Property from People Who Have Not Been Convicted of Crimes

    Michigan Seeks to Ban Police from Seizing Property from People Who Have Not Been Convicted of Crimes1

    • February 18, 2019

    Via the Detroit Free Press: Police and prosecutors would be prohibited from seizing cash and property from people accused of a crime until they are convicted on the charges under a bill passed in the state Senate on Wednesday. The bill—SB 2—is a retread from the last legislative session when then-state Rep. Peter Lucido’s similar

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  • Michigan Public Schools Reading Religious Poetry?

    Michigan Public Schools Reading Religious Poetry?0

    • August 28, 2015

    In today’s schools, it seems it’s anathema to make any mention of God, the Bible, or Christianity. But surprisingly, that doesn’t seem to have been the case 100 years ago in Michigan Public Schools. Published in 1916 by the Michigan Superintendent of Education, the Manual and Course of Study [for] Elementary Schools recommends ten poems

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  • Michigan Moves to Make ‘Hate Speech’ a Felony

    Michigan Moves to Make ‘Hate Speech’ a Felony11

    A mind-boggling piece of legislation that passed through the Michigan House of Representatives is set to bolster the state’s hate crime laws: Michiganders could soon be charged with a felony if they say the wrong pronouns toward someone. As someone who reluctantly lives in Michigan, I am not at all surprised by the draconian actions

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