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When I graduated from college in 2016, the mind-numbingly advanced technologies currently on offer to today’s undergraduate students simply weren’t available. I had to hunt through books and navigate innumerable online articles to find a single quote needed for an assignment. Sometimes this research would take days, sometimes weeks. That time, however recent it may
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My sister works at a local farm store, and a few weeks ago she brought home an array of jams her employer could not sell. Why? Well, someone hadn’t labeled them upon canning. Unless you cracked open a jar and tasted a spoonful, it was hard to tell if the orangish spread was apricot, pumpkin, or peach. A label would have solved this problem, and its absence created an identification issue, yet the
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Every year, news commentators from across the political spectrum decry the fallen state of American education. The tripod once known as reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic is still crucial to all learning, yet survey after survey, test after test, reveals dismal results in student performance. Following the release of this data comes the finger pointing. Universities blame secondary
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There was a time, not too long ago, when intellectual disagreement could be had in good faith. Students were encouraged to debate an idea, defend it, and walk away sharper for having engaged in discourse. Now, for a growing share of college students, the only acceptable way to reconcile disagreement is to punch your interlocutor
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Respected Tennessee teacher Samira Hardcastle resigned after being pressured not to flunk a student who didn’t complete a homework assignment. The student’s parents complained to school administration after she refused to change the student’s grade, and school staff ordered the grade changed. When Hardcastle refused to comply, school administration changed the grade themselves. For schools like
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As homeschooling goes mainstream, some contend that homeschooling works for many families, but it isn’t a good idea for everyone. That is not the case. There are, frankly, fewer reasons to not homeschool than to homeschool. Education outside the home, especially in government schools, should be treated as the exception to the general rule of
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