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Gardening: An Overlooked Path to STEM Education?0
- Culture
- July 7, 2017
Like most children, I began my formal schooling at age five. At the same time, I also began learning in another, less formal school: the school of nature. This less formal schooling commenced when my best friend gave me a small zucchini plant in a decorative tin mug. I planted it in a corner of
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Why Students Can No Longer Work Their Way Through College 0
- Culture
- July 7, 2017
As a current senior at a private college, I know firsthand how expensive the cost of college is today. For the upcoming 2017-2018 academic school year, the full sticker price of attending my school is $53,950. Wow. Many could criticize me for picking a pricier private college instead of a cheaper public one, but when
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Should Religious Teaching Be Allowed in Public Schools?0
- Culture
- July 7, 2017
I was recently told about the experiences of an English teacher who took a job at a public school in a Midwestern town. At the very least, one might say that this teacher dealt with some… interesting behavior over the course of the school year. But what I found most fascinating about this teacher’s story
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NPR Explains How You Can Turn Your 2-Year-Old into a Social Justice Warrior 0
- Culture
- July 7, 2017
Via NPR: Social activist Innosanto Nagara wanted to find a fun book to read to his 2-year-old son that also talked about the importance of social justice. He wasn’t looking for the typical fiction written for children, instead, he was looking for unique narratives — by writers of color and/or authors who can speak about
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Trump’s Right: The West Must First Have the Will to Survive 0
- Politics
- July 7, 2017
By now, I think most of us are aware that President Donald Trump is no great student of history or ideas. But he does give voice to some statements that are pregnant with truth, even if perhaps neither a deep understanding nor practice of that truth is exemplified in Trump’s personal life. One of these
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Why One Mom was Right to Shun Her Child’s Perfect Attendance Award 0
- Culture
- July 7, 2017
Rachel Wright made waves on Facebook last week when she announced that her son J.J. had received an award for perfect attendance during the preceding school year. Contrary to what one might think, the waves were not the result of a proud mother bragging on her child. Instead, they were the result of a mother
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