Education

Educating the Whole Child 3
- Education, Featured
- November 3, 2023
When I was little, I used to play teacher with my sister. I would write letters on a little chalkboard and sound them out for her in an effort to teach her to read. Later, as a teen, while working at some horse stables, my boss recognized in me a gift for teaching and appointed
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Parents Just Can’t Let Go 2
- Family, Education
- October 31, 2023
Parents want to give their kids more independence but just can’t bring themselves to do it. That’s the conclusion of a study from the University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital that came out this month. While parents believe it’s important for elementary school kids to do things “away from direct adult supervision,” the study
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The Tyranny of Equality in Education 5
- Education
- October 26, 2023
It’s growing increasingly clear that America’s students aren’t the little geniuses we’ve always thought them to be. School after school in states across the country produce abysmally poor results. In fact, many schools are lucky if their students achieve more than 50% proficiency in the basics of reading, math, and science. Such a scenario calls
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Teaching Children to Self-Entertain 2
- Education, Entertainment, Family
- October 25, 2023
Teaching children to self-entertain is key to traditional parenting. While I totally understand the desire to occasionally use technology and screens as “babysitters,” shouldn’t parents aim to instill more sustainable and healthier alternatives? In comes teaching children to self-entertain! Essentially, self-entertainment means kids keeping themselves appropriately occupied while a parent’s attention is elsewhere. As much
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3 Missteps of the Education System According to Mike Rowe 1
- Education
- October 24, 2023
Everybody loves Mike Rowe. His matter-of-fact sense of humor, his humility, and his willingness to get involved in the many work sites featured on his “Dirty Jobs” show make him an endearing figure. But Rowe is also very intelligent. He has his finger on the pulse and problems of America in a way that many
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Why Did Elite Students Cheer the Atrocities of Hamas?3
- Culture, Education, International
- October 23, 2023
I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror
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