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  • The True Culprit behind Standardized Tests

    The True Culprit behind Standardized Tests0

    If there’s one thing that has united teachers, unions, and parents in the last several years, it’s a hatred of standardized tests. Such tests, opponents complain, cause undue stress to teachers and students and inhibit learning in any number of ways. Given these concerns and frustrations, it’s understandable why parents would want their children to

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  • BBC Headline: ‘Teaching migrants how to behave’

    BBC Headline: ‘Teaching migrants how to behave’0

    While we’ve already noted that Norway is having to teach its Muslim migrants that it is not okay to rape women, it’s worth pointing out that Finland is also having to do the same. Thus, the BBC headline.  As the BBC reports: “Migrants arriving in Finland are being offered classes on Finnish values and how

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  • Plato’s Problem with Loving Yourself

    Plato’s Problem with Loving Yourself0

    Arguably these days, there’s a lot of self-love going on. Indeed, isn’t that the point of almost all marketing campaigns. Our culture is awash in the love of self. Unfortunately, that’s not necessarily a good thing even for the self. In volume 4 of The Dialogues, Plato argues, “The greatest evil to men, generally, is

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  • So You Believe There’s Right and Wrong… But Why?

    So You Believe There’s Right and Wrong… But Why?0

    Unless you’re a moral relativist, you believe that there are right and wrong actions. But there then remains the question: why do you believe that some actions are right while others are wrong? When it comes to answering it, you most likely adhere to either a “teleological” or “deontological” theory of morals. For the sake

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  • What Selfies and Jane Eyre Have in Common

    What Selfies and Jane Eyre Have in Common0

    What do Jane Eyre and selfies have in common? One is a timeless work of literature from well before cameras were in common usage. The other is a much derided, and much practiced, modern form of narcissism. And yet, a recent article in The Atlantic by Karen Swallow Prior connects the selfie to Charlotte Bronte’s

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  • School Curriculum According to Ben Franklin

    School Curriculum According to Ben Franklin0

    Thomas Jefferson once famously noted that education is the only sure way to preserve the liberty of a people. To that end, the American education system is supposed to equip the next generation with the proper intellectual tools. But judging from current levels of academic prowess, as seen in the Nation’s Report Card, the U.S.

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