The New York Post ran a story Sunday about a man who was suing New York City. He wasn’t after money (he’s making $94,000 a year). He was suing to be allowed to earn his money. David Suker, 48, is one of hundreds of teachers in the Absent Teacher Reserve. He gets paid to show
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Yesterday evening, on my way home from the gym, I found myself waiting at a stoplight. Not being one who feels the urgency to check for text messages at every available moment, I ignored the handheld device which, in any event, I hadn’t bothered to bring with me, and looked about me. At such moments,
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A poll this past summer showed that 79% of Americans believe their country is headed in the wrong direction. Patrick Deneen, a well-respected Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame, is one of them. However, the reason he believes America is in decline is unique. Most people—“conservatives” especially—typically accept the narrative that
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As summer comes to a close and autumn shows its face, the time for election season to kick into high gear has (finally) arrived. Where people fall on the political spectrum and the candidate they vote for is often influenced by the steady stream of information they get from the media. But as a number
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The philosopher and public intellectual John Dewey (1859-1952) is widely known among progressive K-12 educators, education policy gurus, and university education faculty for such groundbreaking ideas as learning-by-doing, inquiry-driven curricula and the democratic classroom. If you want to upset these Dewey fanboys and girls, tell them that John Dewey was an apologist for homeschooling. In
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Today the sun is shining during my commute home from work. But this weekend, public service announcements will remind us to “fall back,” ending daylight saving time (DST) by setting our clocks an hour earlier on Sunday, Nov. 6. On Nov. 7, many of us will commute home in the dark. This semiannual ritual shifts
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