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Study: Smart Kids Are Being Held Back 0
- Education
- September 16, 2016
The last several years have seen a number of parents reporting that their child is not being challenged by the local public school. Naturally, some may want to take these reports with a grain of salt, knowing that parents can easily overestimate the abilities of little Jimmy. But a new study out of Johns Hopkins
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Bioethicist: We Must Have Fewer Children Because of Climate Change 0
- Education
- September 16, 2016
Travis N. Rieder says he doesn’t hate babies. But in a recent article written for The Conversation he does say it’s time to “discuss the ethics of having children in this era of climate change.” The threat is just that serious, he writes: In my work, I suggest that 1.5-2 degrees Celsius warming over preindustrial
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Stanford Prof: ‘Emphasizing Diversity’ Destroys Nations 0
- Culture
- September 16, 2016
Americans are saturated with celebrations of “diversity” these days. The concept is invoked by elected officials, businesses, and educational institutions as a shibboleth for one’s tolerance of racial, ethnic, and sexual—but as some complain, not ideological—differences. But as Victor Davis Hanson of Stanford’s Hoover Institution argues in a recent article, Americans should be careful
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Is Marriage the Key to Higher Grad Rates?0
- Education
- September 16, 2016
In recent years, individual school districts and states as a whole wait with breathless anticipation to see their graduation rates. If rates go up, districts congratulate themselves on the implementation of their new policies. If rates go down, the declines are quickly chalked up to the need for more funds. But as a new study
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What Most People Don’t Understand About Love 0
- Culture
- September 15, 2016
All the problems of the world could be solved if we simply remember that all we need is love. Love! Love is all we need. Is it as simple as John Lennon suggests in his iconic Beatles anthem? The answer is yes. Emphatically, yes! The problem is not with the truth of the mantra but
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Univ. of Chicago Faculty Strike Back, Defend ‘Safe Spaces’0
- September 15, 2016
In August, Intellectual Takeout obtained and published a letter University of Chicago Dean of Students John Jay Ellison sent to students explaining the university’s commitment to intellectual l freedom and inquiry. The letter, which told students not to expect safe spaces and trigger warnings, quickly went viral. This week, several University of Chicago faculty struck
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