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  • This Doctor Nails the Problem with American Parenting

    This Doctor Nails the Problem with American Parenting0

    Not long ago, the American Family Survey identified a lack of parental discipline and training as one of the biggest problems American families face. But according to family practice doctor and author Leonard Sax, that lack of discipline is simply the surface symptom of a greater problem: the decline of parental authority. Speaking about his

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  • Teenagers: They can achieve so much more

    Teenagers: They can achieve so much more0

    Without a doubt, if you’re a regular follower of Intellectual Takeout, you’ve probably noticed our critiques of the modern education system. For some, any critique of the education system means we must be “anti-education”. Here’s a bit of reality: One can be for “education” while also being thoroughly disappointed in the current “education system”. One

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  • Neuroscientist: U.S. High Schools Are Too Boring for Students

    Neuroscientist: U.S. High Schools Are Too Boring for Students0

    Temple University neuroscientist Laurence Steinberg’s research has shown him that adolescent brains are primed for learning. The problem is, he claims, that most U.S. high schools are not challenging students enough during their adolescent years. As WQED in Pittsburgh reports, Steinberg has spent his career studying the adolescent brain’s development, and has discovered that it

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  • Have Women Played a Role in the Feminization of the American Male?

    Have Women Played a Role in the Feminization of the American Male?0

    Over Christmas, Business Insider ran an interesting little story written by a young millennial woman turned off by dating apps. Her piece begins by describing a conversation she had about the topic with several friends. The direction of the conversation is rather revealing of today’s culture: “I made my usual comment about how dating apps

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  • 5 Crucially Important Reminders about Technology

    5 Crucially Important Reminders about Technology0

    When discussing technology, people too often fall into the habit of either uncritically praising it or unconditionally condemning it. There is a critical need for greater nuance in the dialogue about technology. Author and scholar Neil Postman can perhaps help with this nuance. He spent thirty years studying the history of technological change. Among the

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  • Wow! This College’s Curriculum is VERY Impressive!

    Wow! This College’s Curriculum is VERY Impressive!0

    If you’re going to focus on the liberal arts in college, you might as well do it right. St. John’s College in Annapolis and Santa Fe is one of those places where you can “do it right.” They offer a program that “immerses students in reading great books and in lively and unmediated conversation with

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  • Homeschooling on the Rise Both in the U.S. and Elsewhere

    Homeschooling on the Rise Both in the U.S. and Elsewhere0

    Earlier this year, Breitbart news announced a startling figure: the number of homeschooled children in the U.S. rose 61.8% in the last decade. But according to a recent BBC report, the U.S. is not the only country seeing such a dramatic rise in homeschooling. In the last six years, the U.K. has experienced a 65%

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  • 10 Quotes from the Education System’s Most Infamous Critic

    10 Quotes from the Education System’s Most Infamous Critic1

    John Taylor Gatto is one of the biggest critics of the modern education system. He’s also someone who knows it intimately, having been a public school teacher in New York City for 26 years. In 1991, after receiving the New York State Teacher of the Year award, Gatto penned a famous letter for the Wall

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  • Learning from Lynyrd

    Learning from Lynyrd0

    Since Black Friday, we’ve been in peak-consumerism mode. It probably won’t end until after New Year’s Day. Ironically, while Thanksgiving and Christmas are rooted in Christian tradition and outlook, there is little left of Christianity’s influence on those holidays. These days, Thanksgiving is less about giving thanks to the Almighty and more about preparing for

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