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New York to Nix Literacy Tests for Teachers because too many Minorities Are Failing 0
- Education
- March 13, 2017
Should teachers be able to pass a basic literacy test before they set foot in a classroom? One would think that the answer to that question would be a solid yes. After all, it seems obvious that the ability to understand and communicate through reading and writing is essential to any teacher regardless of the
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How Shakespeare Helped this Australian School Top All Others 0
- Education
- March 13, 2017
In recent years, parents have grown increasingly concerned about the state of their children’s schools. To put it frankly, students no longer seem to be exiting our halls of learning with a thorough, well-rounded slate of knowledge. Why does this happen? A possible answer to that question was recently provided by The John Colet School
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Clare Boothe Luce: A Feminist of a Different Kind 0
- Culture
- March 10, 2017
She was a playwright, war reporter, congresswoman, ambassador, political pundit and quotable wit; she made her mark in not just one but a whole constellation of professions dominated by men. Clare Boothe Luce, born on March 10 in 1903, is a neglected figure today; but in her heyday she was a force to be reckoned
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Why Simone de Beauvoir’s Political Philosophy Resonates Today 0
- Philosophy
- March 10, 2017
Simone de Beauvoir is rightly best known for declaring: ‘One is not born, but rather becomes, woman.’ A less well-known facet of her philosophy, particularly relevant today, is her political activism, a viewpoint that follows directly from her metaphysical stance on the self, namely that we have no fixed essences. The existential maxim ‘existence precedes
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Why Americans Pay Triple the World Price for Sugar 0
- Culture
- March 10, 2017
Washington is once again massively screwing up the American sugar market. Because American farmers cannot compete with foreign sugar growers, the federal government has maintained an array of sugar import quotas and/or tariffs for most of the last 200 years. The regulatory regime has provided windfalls for generations of politicians and jobs for legions of
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Berkeley Removes 20k Online Videos to Comply with Nutty DOJ Order 0
- Education
- March 10, 2017
Thanks to a demand from the Justice Department last year, the public will soon lose access to thousands of college lectures. Inside Higher Ed reports that the University of California, Berkeley will “cut off public access to tens of thousands of video lectures and podcasts in response to a U.S. Justice Department order that it make
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New York to Nix Literacy Tests for Teachers because too many Minorities Are Failing 0