Why do so few Millennials know how to cook? I think we are seeing basic cooking skills—knowledge that used to be passed in the kitchen from parent to child—combust before our eyes. It’s been going on for a while and is part of a larger trend toward relying on processed foods that began in the
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Just as Black Lives Matter succeeded in getting a teacher put on paid leave for daring to question the wisdom of teachers not having the authority to discipline students in the St. Paul Public Schools after several cases of teachers being assaulted (learn more here), another teacher is assaulted by a group of students. This
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A mercenary is defined as a person who does something merely for the sake of money or some other reward. If that’s the case, then has the American school system become an institution that predominantly creates mercenaries, i.e., boys and girls who have been taught to value education for its external goods? After all, the
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From the Miami Herald’s reporter Leonard Pitts, Jr. comes this revelation: “As it turns out, our deeply racialized view of poverty bears no resemblance to reality. Though it’s true that African Americans are disproportionately likely to live below the poverty line, it is also true that the vast majority of those in poverty are white:
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Apprenticeships have long been a staple in European countries, but they’ve had trouble catching on in the modern U.S. This is largely because Americans have somehow gotten it in their minds that a student is a failure unless he goes to college. But the value of apprenticeships is growing on both American students and employers.
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When it comes to hyperactivity disorders such as ADHD, there’s no debate that diagnoses are on the rise amongst America’s youth. What is debated, however, is the best way to treat ADHD. Until recently, it seemed that thrusting a pill at children was the standard treatment. But more experts are beginning to wonder if some
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