Education

Why England’s Reading Scores Are Soaring While the U.S. Lags Behind 0
- Education
- December 5, 2017
There’s been increasing alarm in recent years as many Americans have realized that their children don’t know much in the areas of history, civics, geography, and writing. In retrospect, it appears that the emphasis placed on the core subjects of reading and math by various education laws such as No Child Left Behind may be
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Harvard Student Whose Father Escaped Communism Has a Message for Her Fellow Students 0
- Education
- December 5, 2017
Laura M. Nicolae has a message for her fellow students at Harvard: think twice before embracing communism. Nicolae, an applied mathematics major in the ’20 class, recently shared in the Crimson the story of how her father arrived in the United States. And it’s harrowing stuff: “In 1988, my twenty-six-year-old father jumped off a train
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Student: How Identity Politics Ruined My High School 0
- Education
- December 1, 2017
Owen Rickert always loved his school. The Blake School, a private college prep school, located in Hopkins, Minnesota, was a place he woke up excited to go to each morning. And then, about four years ago, something changed. “Slowly the unification of our great community began to deteriorate,” said Rickert, who had attended Blake since
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Teacher Discovers that Young Students Really Can Be Taught to Think for Themselves 0
- Education
- November 29, 2017
By now it’s old news that many Americans can no longer think for themselves. True, they have strong opinions, but often those opinions are influenced by prominent leaders and can turn around as quickly as the winds of political favor. Unfortunately, such a state is likely driven by the education system. Although schools purport to
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3 Ways Bill Gates Can Actually Help Fix Education 0
- Education
- November 27, 2017
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has publicly admitted its mistakes in trying to reform schools. The failure of a number of its education initiatives just underscores the fact that the foundation doesn’t really have a clue as to what makes for good schools. The lesson may just be that they should stay out of education
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Can You Pass this Century-Old History Exam?0
- Education
- November 24, 2017
In 1908, Minnesota 8th graders were expected to answer a number of questions on American history in order to gain entrance to high school. A sampling of these questions is found in the quiz below. Keep in mind that the 8th graders of 1908 didn’t have the luxury of multiple choice answers! Do you think
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