Education

The Founding Fathers on Education—and Education Today 0
- Education
- June 14, 2023
I was recently looking through Intellectual Takeout’s archives and once again stumbled upon Annie Holmquist’s article “Middle School Reading Lists 100 Years Ago vs. Today.” Annie’s comparison of how reading lists have changed reveals how students today aren’t held to as high of standards as students 100 years ago, and Annie’s commentary got me curious
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Let Your Kids Waste Some Time 0
- Politics, Education
- June 9, 2023
Meet Rod Brooks, a guy whose life story embodies the big idea: What we do as kids, just for fun, is developmental GOLD. It can help us discover our deepest interests, hone our hidden talents and take us to truly strange and wonderful places. So, Rod. Rod grew up in Adelaide, Australia, in the ’50s
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DeSantis Reminds Public Universities of an Uncomfortable Truth 0
- Politics, Education
- June 7, 2023
“He who pays the piper calls the tune” is a familiar proverb. Wiktionary tells us it means that “The person paying for something is the one who gets to say how it should be done.” It’s difficult if not impossible to argue against its wisdom. What’s the alternative? I suppose it would be something like,
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To the Overwhelmed Class of 2023: Don’t Be Underwhelming 0
- Education
- June 1, 2023
Graduates are usually encouraged to embrace an optimistic future based on obvious economic or cultural signs that make this possible. However, the Class of 2023 does not have the luxury of this bright future. Too many major obstacles bar the way for these members of Generation Z. If there was an expression to characterize this
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Why I Love Homeschooling Our Eight Kids 6
- Education
- May 23, 2023
This year I will graduate my first homeschooler. It seems like only yesterday I was teaching our oldest child to read, and now she’s an adult taking college courses. For the last 14 years I’ve been knee-deep in educating our eight children, recently as many as five grade levels at a time, in a one-room
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Want to Raise a Doctor or Lawyer? Don’t.0
- Politics, Education
- May 17, 2023
Doctors and lawyers have long been synonymous with “success” in America. Legal and medical dramas cycle on our televisions 24/7, highlighting the allure of power, status, and excitement. More fundamentally, many parents of children considering a college major appreciate the employment security, professional respect, and financial stability that come with these professions. So it might
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