Education

A Case for the Lost Art of Memorization 4
- Education
- August 17, 2023
Memorization and recitation became part of my life through a club I was part of in middle and high school. With the club, I had the opportunity to recite patriotic speeches and poems along with chapters from the Bible in front of an audience of veterans, law enforcement officers, and first responders just about every
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Stupefying the Privileged 3
- Education
- August 16, 2023
A recent discussion with a friend of mine turned to COVID and its effects on her children, particularly in the ways the schools responded to the situation. COVID, she explained, really escalated the use of screens in school. Before COVID, politicians and others could commonly be heard extolling the need for every child to have
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What Al Sharpton Could Learn About Education From Madison and Jefferson 2
- Education, Culture
- August 11, 2023
Last week, Rev. Al Sharpton caused some titters to erupt across the internet by his commentary on the Trump indictment over the Jan. 6th issue. “One day our children’s children will read American history,” Sharpton said, “and can you imagine our reading that James Madison or Thomas Jefferson tried to overthrow the government so they could
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‘Can’t You All See Me?’: The Blindness of Academic ‘Antiracism’3
- Education, Featured
- August 8, 2023
Earlier this year, in an interview on a CNN podcast, one of the figureheads of contemporary so-called antiracism, Ibram X. Kendi, unwittingly described the effect of his own work and that of others in his movement: “And so, I mean, the attack on history, the attack on education opens the door to mass ignorance. And
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The Solution to Pandemic Learning Loss Is Less Schooling, Not More 0
- Education
- August 3, 2023
The latest data dump from the Nation’s Report Card reveals declining academic performance among US students. As with previous releases showing the same trend, especially over the past three years, the solution proposed by many education reformers and advocates is to double-down on the amount of schooling and school-like activities students get. “The greatest challenge
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Who Funds American Universities? Doubts About the Big Donors 2
- Education
- August 2, 2023
There’s nothing wrong with billionaires, corporations, and philanthropic organizations giving money to our public and private universities, right? They’re just putting their fortunes to work for the benefit of the American people. They’re advancing our cultural and scientific development out of the goodness of their hearts. Think again. Universities are the heart of our intellectual
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