Sit back and enjoy the following paragraph from the abstract of a paper published in January by the peer-reviewed journal Progress in Human Geography: “Feminist and postcolonial theories enrich and complement each other by showing how gender and colonialism are co-constituted, as well as how both women and indigenous peoples have been marginalized historically (Schnabel,
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Recently the St. Paul, Minnesota chapter of Black Lives Matter (BLM) threatened to protest a local high school. Finally, one might think, BLM is getting to some root issues, such as how poorly Black students are prepared in schools. But, no, it turns out that the group just wants a teacher fired. What did the
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We’re all familiar with Thomas Edison’s famous quote, “Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.” But, seeing real-life examples of this principle in action might actually help motivate kids to work harder in school. A new study in the Journal of Education Psychology suggests that students who learn about famous scientists’ struggles do better in
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Are conservatives happier than liberals? Yes, according to Arthur C. Brooks, author of Gross National Happiness and president of the American Enterprise Institute. Writing for the New York Times he notes: “Scholars on both the left and right have studied this question extensively, and have reached a consensus that it is conservatives who possess the
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When it comes to financial issues, millennials increasingly feel like they are receiving the short end of the stick. Particularly when they look at their parents’ and grandparents’ generations. As it turns out, millennials haven’t been imagining things. A new survey by The Guardian shows that millennials are indeed experiencing a decline in wealth: “Where
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The idea of children being indoctrinated through education is repugnant to most Americans. But in the Islamic State, it’s a normal part of life in schools, as a new report from The Quilliam Foundation shows. Entitled The Children of Islamic State, the report studied the use of children in Islamic propaganda between August 2015 and
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