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  • Tennessee Admits One Third of High School Grads Didn’t Complete Their Coursework

    Tennessee Admits One Third of High School Grads Didn’t Complete Their Coursework0

    In recent years, schools, educators, and other policy makers have pointed to the nation’s rising graduation rates as proof that America is fixing its education problems and is on the path to prosperity. But some have wondered if those graduation rates are artificially propped up by dumbed down standards. That suspicion was affirmed over the

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  • Diversity Can Inhibit Learning and Cognitive Growth, Study Says

    Diversity Can Inhibit Learning and Cognitive Growth, Study Says0

    Diversity, like equality of opportunity, is one of those positively valued, ‘sacred cow’ concepts in higher education. Yes, some have criticized it for only encompassing racial, ethnic and gender identity, not ideological persuasion. Others have objected that diversity is a vehicle for brainwashing students with liberal values. Nevertheless, the concept has survived in almost every

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  • Rational Discourse: Has Relativism Caused Its Decline?

    Rational Discourse: Has Relativism Caused Its Decline?0

    This morning a friend sent me a BBC video clip describing the common scenarios conservative students face on liberal campuses. At first blush, the quest to turn these students into victims – through scenes of furtive eyes and choked voices – seems to be the primary mission of the BBC.   But cutting through the

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  • The FDA Carefully Manipulates the News You Receive

    The FDA Carefully Manipulates the News You Receive0

    How “The good thing about science is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it,” said Neil deGrasse Tyson, the American astrophysicist and science communicator. Which is true as far as it goes; it doesn’t apply to press releases from scientists and science agencies. Jason Young, the US Food and Drug Administration’s acting

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  • Why We Should Stop Drugging Our Kids

    Why We Should Stop Drugging Our Kids8

    Maybe it’s time to stop drugging our children. A new study from the Medical Journal of Australia has found that the youngest kids in any given class are twice as likely to be receiving medication for behavioral disorders as the older kids in the class. And the proportion of boys receiving such medication was three

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  • Entire Homeschooling Family Kidnapped by the State

    Entire Homeschooling Family Kidnapped by the State0

    Raising children is no walk in the park, but it’s even more difficult when the state dictates what you can and cannot do with your own family. Kiarre Harris is a devoted single mother, trying her hardest to provide her children with the best possible upbringing. After growing concerned that her children were not receiving

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