Education

Scholars Propose Public Schooling for Babies to Fight Inequality 0
- Education
- August 22, 2017
In my years as a music teacher, I learned one very important thing. One could start teaching a child an instrument when they entered kindergarten, but the going would often be slow and the lessons a strain for both teacher and student. Once a child hit age seven, however, things began clicking at a much
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The Quiet Exodus From Mass Schooling 3
- Education
- August 22, 2017
Parents are fed up. As mass schooling becomes more restrictive, more standardized and more far-reaching into a child’s young life, many parents are choosing alternatives. Increasingly, these parents are reclaiming their child’s education and are refocusing learning around children, family, and community in several different ways. With back-to-school time upon us, more than two million
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Elementary School to Remove ‘Conformity’ Posters Amid Uproar 0
- Education
- August 18, 2017
In case there was any ambiguity over the idea that mass schooling values and rewards conformity and compliance, an elementary school in Florida has made it very clear. At Deer Park Elementary School in Pasco County, signs appeared this week showing a hierarchy of behaviors from good to bad. “Democracy” was at the top, “Anarchy”
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Should Students Be on a First-Name Basis with Their Professors?0
- Education
- August 17, 2017
As the new school year quickly approaches, college freshmen will soon learn the proper way to address their new instructors. No longer are the go-to titles of “Mr.” and “Ms.” commonly used like they are for K-12 teachers; rather, “Professor,” “Doctor,” and first names are thrown in. The pertinent question today asks whether it’s okay
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Why Note-Taking by Hand Is Better for Your Brain 0
- Education
- August 15, 2017
We all know Aesop’s fable about the Tortoise and the Hare but few of us really believe, in the real world, that slowcoaches like the tortoise have a cat in hell’s chance of beating those in life’s fast lane. Few really believe, with John Milton, that “they also serve who only stand and wait.” Those
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This University President Can’t Take a Joke 0
- Education
- August 9, 2017
A university president recently addressed his campus community about an incident that had shaken his Wisconsin school. “The last few days have been painful ones for many members of our community, as they have also been for me,” wrote Lawrence University’s Mark Burstein. “The event and its aftermath have left many students wondering whether the University cares
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