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Did U.S. Schools Just Use Poverty as an Excuse for Poor Performance?0
- Education
- March 2, 2016
When it comes to international education rankings, the U.S. ranks 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math. Unfortunately, the U.S. accounts for these abysmal scores by saying that our large number of poor and disadvantaged students are to blame. But as a new study from the OECD (the organization responsible for the
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You’ll never be Equal Enough 0
- Culture
- March 2, 2016
In The Twilight of Authority the famous sociologist Robert Nisbet made a simply, yet profound comment about freedom, justice, and equality. To paraphrase, he reflected that he could imagine people believing that they would have enough freedom and justice. They knew it wasn’t perfect, but life was good enough. Of equality, though, he believed that
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Chick-fil-A: Ditch the Phone and Spend Time with Family 0
- Culture
- March 2, 2016
The rise of smartphones has been a pet peeve for many restauranteurs as many customers focus more on their phones than the menu or the meal. Distracting phones are not only slowing down service time—which in turn reduces customers and revenues,—but are also reducing the family and community experience of dining. Faced with this problem,
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Should Parents Give Kids Room to Fail?0
- Family
- March 2, 2016
In today’s world, it’s become more common for parents to play a large role in engineering their children’s success. From an early age they seek to put their kids in the right schools, the right extracurricular activities, and the right tutoring programs, and manage their progress every step of the way. But it’s having a
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Economics Education is Returning to Schools 0
- Economics
- March 2, 2016
Several years ago, the OECD (the organization which runs the international PISA exam) tested students in 18 countries for their financial literacy abilities. According to CNBC, “the U.S. ranked at best eighth and at worst 12th” in this financial literacy matchup. Thankfully, some American schools seem to be recognizing students’ financial literacy problem and are
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Education as if Truth Mattered 5
- Education
- March 2, 2016
The title of this essay, “Education as if Truth Mattered,” is taken from the subtitle of Christopher Derrick’s book, Escape from Scepticism: Liberal Education as if Truth Mattered, published in 1977. Derrick’s subtitle was itself borrowed and adapted from the subtitle of E. F. Schumacher’s international bestseller, Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered,
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