Education

The Media’s Response to the Affirmative Action Ruling 1
- Politics, Education
- July 18, 2023
The Supreme Court has ruled that race-based affirmative action is unconstitutional. As could be expected, the caterwauling from the mainstream media was immediate and voluminous. At MSNBC, I found a stellar example of what promises to be a mother lode of dishonest and uninformed commentary on the topic. On her show The Reid Out, Joy
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Gallup Poll Reveals Americans’ Plummeting Confidence in Public Schools 2
- Education
- July 18, 2023
Americans have soured on public schools. That’s the takeaway from Gallup polling results released earlier this month showing that Americans’ confidence in public schools is at a low point, with only 26 percent of respondents indicating a “Great deal/Fair amount” of confidence in that institution. Indeed, public schools join three other institutions that are also at or tied with
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Emotion-Based Schooling Is Not the Education Our Children Need 1
- Education
- July 11, 2023
To mark the end of the school year, Gallup enlisted students in grades 5-12 to rank their schools in a June report card. With an average grade of B-, the overall score isn’t so bad. Looking closer at the individual categories, however, tells a different story. As the chart below shows, the higher ranking categories were in
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Homeschooling: The Question of Socialization 7
- Education
- July 6, 2023
Questions about the socialization of homeschooled children are by far the most frequently asked of a homeschooling parent. The misconception is that without the traditional school experience to provide social training, homeschooled children will grow up having no idea how to function and fit into society. My own children have been peppered with questions about
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Carl Sagan Warned Us About Government Schools Decades Ago 7
- Education
- July 5, 2023
My wife and I recently met with the principal of the school our daughter attends to discuss her education future. My daughter, who turns 12 in a few days, wants to go to a different school in the fall, largely because many of her friends—who are a year ahead of her—are graduating to new schools.
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Reaching the Phone-Addicted Youth With Small Lessons 2
- Education, Family
- June 30, 2023
I recently walked to our local farmers’ market where hundreds of patrons milled about and there was glorious regalia everywhere. Strawberry patches with tractor rides to the fields for picking, music playing by a local three-piece band, the summer staple of spun sugar on a stick, barkers calling out to come hither and try their
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