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Study: Children Are Less Hyperactive When They Start School at Later Ages 0
- October 8, 2015
The last decade has seen a rapid rise of ADHD diagnoses in the U.S. A new study released by the Stanford Center for Education Policy Analysis leads me to wonder if starting children in school at earlier ages may be one cause behind it. The study examined Danish children and the age at which they
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Loneliness is Killing Us 0
- Culture
- October 8, 2015
That’s the claim made by George Monbiot in a column for The Guardian entitled “The Age of Loneliness is Killing Us.” He explains: “Three months ago we read that loneliness has become an epidemic among young adults. Now we learn that it is just as great an affliction of older people. A study
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The Builders Inspire 0
- October 7, 2015
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of America’s great poets. As the Main Historical Society states, “Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was a commanding figure in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1807, he became a national literary figure by the 1850s, and a world- famous personality by the time of his death
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Are States Lying About Student Performance?0
- October 7, 2015
If your child came home with a report card full of As and Bs every quarter, and regularly aced the yearly state standardized tests, you would naturally be a proud parent. But what if those As and Bs didn’t give a true picture and your child was actually failing miserably? Unfortunately, that is exactly what
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America is in Moral Decline… But Why?0
- October 7, 2015
Many in the Intellectual Takeout audience express frustration about the apparent decline of morality in American society. When it comes to traditional morals, they charge, parents aren’t forming children in them, schools aren’t teaching them, and society isn’t adequately promoting them. So what happened? If it is in fact the case that traditional morality in
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Actually, Underage Drinking is Legal in Most States 0
- Politics
- October 7, 2015
The United States has one of the highest minimum drinking ages (21) of all countries. In case you didn’t know, the age of 21 was made uniform across the United States in 1984. In that year, President Ronald Reagan signed into law a bill that threatened to withhold federal highway funds from states that didn’t
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