Education

Tech Execs Limit Their Kids’ Screen Time 0
- Education
- September 21, 2017
In September 2014, the New York Times published an article whose headline came as a shock to many: “Steve Jobs Was a Low-Tech Parent.” The article’s author, Nick Bilton, reported that he was surprised when Jobs told him back in 2010 that “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” But as it
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Millennials Now Need ‘Coaching Rooms’ to Learn How to Parent 0
- Education
- September 18, 2017
Earlier this evening while chatting with my newlywed neighbors, I tried to put them at ease about parenthood. I told them: It’s not hard, just difficult. When born on time and healthy, babies generally just need food, clean clothes and diapers, and sleep. It takes a while for new parents to get into the groove
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How Participation Trophies are Infiltrating Report Cards 0
- Education
- September 18, 2017
Report cards have long been the frightening moment of truth for children – and parents, for that matter – through the years. Everyone wants to experience the relief and thrill of an ice cream celebration over a whole slate of “As,” but all too often such desires never materialize. Those desires have materialized a lot
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Black and Latino Millennials Overwhelmingly Support School Choice, Academic Survey Finds 0
- Education
- September 15, 2017
As the largest demographic group in America right now, millennials drive much public policy. Spanning the ages of roughly 18-34, this generation is young, diverse, opinionated, and increasingly powerful. This is good news for those involved in efforts that millennials support, like school choice. According to a new GenForward report conducted by University of Chicago
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Diocletian’s Great Persecution of Christians: How it Began 1
- Education
- September 14, 2017
The rise of Christianity in Rome was neither linear nor neat. At various times, it was met with resistance and bloodshed. Yet prior to the rise of Emperor Diocletian (244 A.D. – 311 A.D.), Christians had lived relatively free of state persecution for many decades, a period Eusebius called “the little peace of the Church.”
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What Zhang Knows that Johnny Doesn’t 3
- Education
- September 13, 2017
China uses methods of teaching that would be scandalous in the U. S. Only thing is, they work. In a Wall Street Journal article, Lenora Chu explained what happened when she sent her child to school in Shanghai, China. As an American living in China, Chu decided to send her son to a local public
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