Education

4 Ways to Make a Really Bad First Impression 0
- Education
- October 9, 2017
There is a hilarious scene in the Oscar-winning film La La Land that shows the easiest way to make a terrible first impression. Emma Stone’s character Mia arrives at a pool party and is introduced to a man named Carlo. The conversation begins fine. Carlo repeats Mia’s name, demonstrating that he’s paying attention. He firmly
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Study: Free College is Bad for Students 0
- Economics, Education
- October 6, 2017
One of the anomalies of the 2016 presidential election was the fact that an old white guy from Vermont was able to captivate a diverse audience of young millennials. The most obvious reason for Bernie Sanders’s popularity was his advocacy for free, government-funded college. With higher education costs multiplying at a rapid rate and college
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Boost Your Learning Capacity: 32 Amazing Tips 0
- Education
- October 6, 2017
Some might say that creativity is only for the chosen ones. But we don’t agree with that. Everyone can be creative. It’s only a matter of finding the right way to wake that creativity. A method that’s going to be the best for you. People are different. Each of us has our own character. We
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Why the Feds Should Stop Pushing Racial Quotas in Special Education 0
- Education
- October 5, 2017
No child should be barred based on her race from a public education program needed to address her learning disabilities or educational deficits. But the Obama administration ignored this basic principle in its December 2016 regulation interpreting the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. That regulation penalizes educational entities that don’t achieve racial quotas in special
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Homeschool Slow-Down? Not So Fast 0
- Education
- October 5, 2017
The Washington Post reported last week that after years of rapid growth, homeschooling rates seem to be leveling off. Between 1999 and 2012, the homeschooling population surged from 1.7 percent of the overall K-12 school-age population, to 3.4 percent—or approximately two million homeschoolers. Updated homeschooling data from the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) indicate that
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Conservatives Strike Back Against ‘Ideological Tidal Wave’ in School District 0
- Education
- October 3, 2017
It’s widely believed that there is a strong liberal bias in America’s public school system. Yet, by all accounts, most conservative-minded Americans still send their children to the local public schools, in spite of a growing ideological divide in this country. But why? Some do it because of economic necessity; others, because they place a
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