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Plutarch’s 3 Tips for Choosing a School 1
- Education
- September 30, 2016
Today’s education world is full of options. In fact, there are so many options that it can be tempting for parents to throw up their hands and just pick one without much thought. But such is a terrible move, according to the ancient Roman author Plutarch. He suggests the following three steps in choosing an
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Student Officially Changes Personal Pronoun to ‘His Majesty’0
- Culture
- September 30, 2016
In an effort to foster “an environment of inclusiveness,” the University of Michigan recently adopted a policy allowing students to choose their own ‘personal pronoun.’ The policy appears to be an effort to accommodate transgender students. “Asking about and correctly using someone’s designated pronoun is one of the most basic ways to show your respect
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Students Are Clueless About the Holocaust 0
- Education
- September 30, 2016
September 30th marks the birthday of famed author and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel. (Pictured above on the second row from the bottom, seventh from the left.) Wiesel, best known for his memoir Night, was born in 1928 and introduced to the horrors of the Nazi death camps at age 15. His year-long experience in places
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Should Female Chess Champions Be Forced to Wear a Hijab?0
- Culture
- September 30, 2016
About a year ago, I wrote about my interest in learning to play chess. This interest came about after reading Ben Franklin’s arguments on the skills the sport builds, including foresight, caution, and perseverance. Had I learned to play last year, I undoubtedly would have soared to the top and been eligible for next year’s
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Prof: Kids are Not Learning Anything 0
- Culture
- September 29, 2016
Ask British professor Dennis Hayes how government-run schools are doing and he would say they’re in bad shape. As he recently explained to The Independent, “the kids are basically not learning anything,” largely because the schools “confuse information with knowledge.” But Hayes isn’t simply bashing the schools without offering solutions. According to him, reintroducing subjects
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Future Teachers Are Scoring Way Low on the SAT 0
- Education
- September 29, 2016
The College Board just released a report on the results of the 2016 SAT test. One startling feature of the report included a historical timeline of students’ critical reading scores over the last 40-plus years. In 1972, this score was 530. By 2016 it had fallen to 494. There are undoubtedly many drivers behind this
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