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This Unique Form of Education is Putting Normal District Schools to Shame 0
- August 18, 2015
We’ve reached the dog days of summer, and it’s time for many people to head back to school. Increasingly, though, many children are not heading back to the normal district school to which they are assigned. Instead, many parents are choosing to send their children to language immersion schools where almost all of the instruction
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The Universal Orphanage 0
- Culture
- August 18, 2015
According to a poll done by Pew Research in December 2014, less than half of American kids now live in a traditional family. You can see the massive decline of children living in a traditional family in the chart below: Many young Americans have no recollection of a world when “normal” was kids living
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The Economist’s Very Balanced Article on Black Lives Matter 0
- Culture
- August 18, 2015
According to an editorial in The Economist, the Black Lives Matter campaign has some legitimate complaints, but hints that their excessive rhetoric may work against resolutions. The article – “What the Black Lives Matter campaign gets wrong” – presents one of the more balanced (I’ll let you judge whether “balanced” means “correct”) views of the movement
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Shouldn’t Black Lives Matter Express More Outrage About This?0
- Culture
- August 18, 2015
On the Black Lives Matter website you will find a list of “Demands”, which include the following: The arrest of officer Darren Wilson. National policy aimed at redressing systemic racism in law enforcement. A discontinuance of federal aid in the form of military weaponry to local law enforcement. The bringing to justice of all officers involved in
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Famous People Who Achieved Success Later in Life 0
- August 18, 2015
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Do they really need all those gadgets?0
- August 18, 2015
The video above, with English kids talking about how their parents use their electronic devices, is either hilarious or terrifying, depending on your point of view. Based on these conversations, market researchers for Start-rite, a British company which sells stylish shoes for children, reached some startling conclusions about how youngsters used their mobile phones, tablets
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A Letter from World War I 0
- August 18, 2015
My great grandfather, Harold Schuler, served in the U.S. Army on the European war theater from December 1917 to May 1919. I’m not sure how much action he saw, but his notebook entry and letter below provides a small glimpse into what soldiers experienced during the “Great War.” Here is his notebook entry from August
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This Latin Phrase Might Make You Worried about Where American Society is Headed 0
- History
- August 17, 2015
Nemo dat quod non habet—“No one gives what he doesn’t have.” Within the legal world, this phrase refers to the principle that one cannot confer property on another that doesn’t belong to him in the first place. Another way of putting it: A can’t steal from B and then rightfully sell or give the stolen
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Study: Teacher Development Courses are Ineffective 0
- August 17, 2015
Teacher development courses are ineffective. Common sense reached that conclusion long ago. But fortunately, there’s now a study that confirms it entitled “The Mirage: Confronting the Hard Truth About Our Quest for Teacher Development.” According to The Boston Globe, “The study released Tuesday by TNTP, a nonprofit organization, found no evidence that any particular approach
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This Unique Form of Education is Putting Normal District Schools to Shame 0