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  • Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show

    Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show2

    Are you a visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic learner? For millions of students, this question has become so familiar that they already have an answer ready to go. Some identify as visual learners, which means that, in theory, they learn best by seeing concepts in pictures and diagrams, perhaps on a blackboard or in a

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  • Learning Opportunities From Our Partners at FEE

    Learning Opportunities From Our Partners at FEE0

    FEE, a publishing partner of Intellectual Takeout, has been a leading non-profit organization hosting sought-after seminars across the U.S. since 1946. Recently named by Forbes as a top summer high school program, parents and teachers have entrusted FEE for decades to provide students with safe, eye-opening learning experiences. 2017 programs for high school students include: • June 4-9:

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  • Learning New Tricks in a Bad Time

    Learning New Tricks in a Bad Time0

    Old dogs can learn new tricks. Here are a few lessons this old dog learned in the last five months.            Laundry. For years doing the wash was my most dreaded household task. When my daughter and her family moved north, leaving the house without a washer and dryer, I began

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  • Learning in Spite of Disadvantage

    Learning in Spite of Disadvantage0

    Many governmental policies today are attempting to eliminate disadvantages between students in the education system. In particular, much attention has been focused on policies designed to eliminate the “achievement gap” between white and non-white students. But do minority students today also need to seek to overcome disadvantages through their own efforts? The life of Frederick

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  • Learning How to Not Be a Snowflake

    Learning How to Not Be a Snowflake0

    Resilience, a crucial emotional attribute for a happy and successful life, is in decline across college campuses and workplaces.  The head of counseling at one major university recently observed “a decrease in the ability of many young people to manage the everyday bumps in the road of life.” In a memo, which was shared by

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  • Learning How to Avoid the Mental Illness of Politics

    Learning How to Avoid the Mental Illness of Politics18

    Dr. Thomas Insel is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist who served as Director of the National Institute of Mental Health from 2002-2015. In December 2023 he noted that since the Covid pandemic 38% more Americans were receiving some type of mental health care. “We are facing three distinct crises, which partially overlap,” Insel contends. The first is a

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