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Why the U.S. Education Secretary is Wrong on Homeschooling 0
- Education
- September 22, 2016
At a recent breakfast for reporters, U.S. Secretary of Education John King was asked for his opinion on homeschooling. The Secretary’s most worrisome concern about the movement? A lack of socialization. Education Week reports: “[King] worries that homeschoolers may not get the kind of interaction with other adults or much experience with their peers, ‘unless
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Free Sh*t Matters?0
- Culture
- September 22, 2016
Is it reasonable to be angry at legitimate police brutality and to want justice? Absolutely. But let’s be honest about what we’ve seen play out too many times in America. Building on the anger surrounding the 2012-2013 Trayvon Martin trial results, things really kicked off with Ferguson in 2014. Before any real details were known
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Universities Are Embracing Segregation Again (Just Don’t Call It Segregation)0
- Culture
- September 21, 2016
Earlier this week, it was announced that San Francisco State University would offer segregated housing for African-American students. CBS SFBayArea reports: New student housing designed for African-American students and culture is coming to San Francisco State University. African-American students make up just under 6 percent of the campus population and it’s unclear how many dorm
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Is It Racist To Want Stricter Border Controls?0
- Culture
- September 21, 2016
After last week’s post about the potential end of Europe as we know it, today I want to share with you a piece from the New York Times about the reaction of people in Denmark to the rise in Muslim migration there over the last two or so years. The article interviews a number of
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Mediocrity: The Force Driving Parents to Homeschool?0
- Education
- September 21, 2016
It’s no secret that homeschooling has been on the rise in the U.S. What’s more surprising, however, is how homeschooling is spreading throughout the United Kingdom… and Saudi Arabia… and other countries as well. The latest news on the homeschooling front suggests that this educational practice is set to gain momentum in another foreign country:
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Opposition to Galileo was scientific, not just religious 0
- History
- September 21, 2016
In 1614, when the telescope was new technology, a young man in Germany published a book filled with illustrations of the exciting new things being discovered telescopically: moons circling Jupiter, moon-like phases of Venus, spots on the Sun, the rough and cratered lunar surface. The young man was Johann Georg Locher, and his book was
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Why the U.S. Education Secretary is Wrong on Homeschooling 0