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  • Do Teachers Really Work Less Than Other Professionals?

    Do Teachers Really Work Less Than Other Professionals?2

    “Teachers receive a full-time salary with great benefits for only working 9 months out of the year.” I frequently see some iteration of the above in the comments section of Intellectual Takeout’s articles on education. It’s usually trotted out when another commenter tries to make the claim that teachers are underpaid or underappreciated. But is

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  • Love Your Grammar, But Don’t Be Obnoxious

    Love Your Grammar, But Don’t Be Obnoxious0

    This week, the financial press reported the downfall of a high-profile grammar pedant, Professor Paul Romer, the World Bank’s chief economist, who was hoist(ed) with his own pedantic petard. He is being replaced as head of the bank’s research arm after he demanded that his colleagues write succinct, clear, direct emails, presentations and reports in

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  • Students Wearing Trump Shirts Censored in School Yearbook

    Students Wearing Trump Shirts Censored in School Yearbook0

    Via the Washington Post: “When 17-year-old Grant Berardo wanted to wear a political T-shirt on school picture day in October, his parents told him it was fine. His “TRUMP Make America Great Again!” shirt did not violate the dress code at Wall Township High School in central New Jersey because it did not reference drugs

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  • Why Cambridge is Striking the Words ‘Brilliance’ and ‘Genius’ from Approved Vocabulary

    Why Cambridge is Striking the Words ‘Brilliance’ and ‘Genius’ from Approved Vocabulary0

    In case you haven’t noticed, minorities – or groups of repressed individuals – seem to hold a large amount of sway these days. In fact, it seems that almost every gender, race, or religious sect is a minority group that deserves special privilege for the repression they experience. For some reason, women are still perceived

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  • Oxford Changing Tests to Help Women

    Oxford Changing Tests to Help Women0

    Via the College Fix: “Oxford University has decided to let students take a final exam at home — and they’ve switched it from a test to an essay — to help women do better on it, several newspapers in England report. Apparently women do better at take-home style assignments while men, so-called risk takers, do

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  • Study: Babies Can See Faces Before They See the Light of Day

    Study: Babies Can See Faces Before They See the Light of Day0

    In opening The Atlantic this morning, an interesting article caught my eye. The title proclaimed: “Fetuses Prefer Face-Like Images Even in the Womb.” I was intrigued. To be perfectly frank, I don’t believe I had ever thought about the fact that a baby in the womb might be able to see, let alone recognize shapes

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