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U.S. Is One Generation Away from a Greece-Like Debt Crisis 0
- Economics
- July 17, 2017
While Congressional Republicans bicker over tweaks to the Affordable Care Act, the federal debt prepares to pass the $20 trillion mark. That might sound like a lot, but it’s small potatoes compared to what lay ahead. The CBO projects the debt to balloon to $92 trillion by 2047. What is driving this debt surge? The
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School District Nixes Homework for Thousands of Students as Expert Says It’s Basically Useless 0
- Culture
- July 17, 2017
The anti-homework trend is growing. It started with the teacher from Texas who banned homework from her second grade class, encouraging families to spend time reading, playing, and eating together instead. It spread to a New Jersey elementary school, where the principal and his teaching staff voted to be homework free for the 2016-2017 school
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‘Study History’—Defense Secretary’s Advice to Anxious Americans 0
- History
- July 17, 2017
Last month, The Washington Post accidentally leaked Defense Secretary James Mattis’ personal cellphone number. Teddy Fischer—an enterprising 17-year-old journalist at Mercer Island High School (WA)—used the opportunity to text Mattis and request an interview for his high school newspaper. Surprisingly, Mattis granted the request, and the interview was recently published on the school newspaper’s website.
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Where Have All the Children Gone?0
- Culture
- July 17, 2017
It’s summer vacation, but you might not know it from the absence of children on streets and sidewalks, in parks and public spaces. Just as afternoons and weekends during the school year are more void of children than ever before, so too is summertime. Where are all of these young ones? Increasingly, they are contained
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Wealthy Minnesota School District Treating Its Students Like Racists 0
- Education
- July 14, 2017
In May, I reported on the controversial social justice curriculum being taught to young students in Edina Public Schools—a wealthy suburban district in Minnesota considered to be among the state’s best. At Edina’s Highlands Elementary this past year, students—even kindergartners and first-graders—were made to participate in a number of projects designed to teach them about
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5 Reasons Parents Shouldn’t Feel Guilty About Giving Kids Chores 0
- Culture
- July 14, 2017
As a little girl, one of my sister’s dreaded chores was sweeping the kitchen floor. Although our kitchen was relatively small, she somehow managed to make the task stretch on for… well, quite a while. Although we chuckle about it now, the task was quite torturous at the time, not only for my sister, but
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