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  • Even Math can be Biased

    Even Math can be Biased0

    Whenever the topic of bias and values in education comes up, most people generally would think of topics such as history or civics. But the idea of values driving all education goes much deeper. Even to math. One would assume that a teacher’s or school’s values and beliefs couldn’t interfere with math, right? After all,

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  • 5 Pieces of Education Advice from the 15th Century

    5 Pieces of Education Advice from the 15th Century0

    When looking at the state of our schools today – particularly the low proficiency scores which plague our nation – it’s easy to throw up our hands. But in our despair over how to fix these problems, do we all too often look for a new solution, while failing to look back at the reliable

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  • Here’s the Poem everyone is Quoting

    Here’s the Poem everyone is Quoting0

    Honestly, I think I’ve heard the line referenced in at least two or three recent movie previews as well as in other entertainment venues – set aside the obvious Interstellar reference. Since the line seems so popular these days, I thought it would be good to share the whole poem from which the line comes.

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  • Dostoevsky’s Critique of Socialism

    Dostoevsky’s Critique of Socialism1

    The novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) was known as a voice for the poor and downtrodden in Russian society, and an advocate of social justice. Yet at the same time, he was a strong opponent of socialism and its presuppositions. As such, and given that the idea of socialism is a feature of the 2016 presidential

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  • Why Philosophy Should Be Part of the K-12 Curriculum

    Why Philosophy Should Be Part of the K-12 Curriculum0

    Last fall, Intellectual Takeout’s Daniel Lattier asked “Should We Be Teaching Philosophy in High School?” and argued persuasively that we should. I needed no persuading, but I did need to be convinced of the wisdom of starting to teach philosophy to children even before high school, which I knew a few had proposed. But after

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  • Is Selfishness a Virtue?

    Is Selfishness a Virtue?0

    In her introduction to The Virtue of Selfishness, Ayn Rand gives us a fairly clear understanding of her definition of selfishness. “Since selfishness is ‘concern with one’s own interests,’ the Objectivist ethics uses that concept in its exact and purest sense. It is not a concept that one can surrender to man’s enemies, nor to

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