Education

The Cult-Like Transgender Recruitment Model 5
- Education, Family
- February 20, 2023
Oh, the insecurities of youth! “Will I be popular?” “Can I play basketball as well as the other boys?” “Will the others let me hang out with them?” “Will boys like me?” “Will girls like me?” “Am I as strong/smart/good-looking/funny as the cool kids?” Most kids and teens endure these doubts about themselves. It’s a
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The Cost of Intellectualism 7
- Education, Religion
- February 13, 2023
After a full semester of furiously studying philosophy, obsessing over essays, and panically preparing for my part in my university’s theology conference, I happened to pick up Thomas à Kempis’ devotional book, The Imitation of Christ. The experience was a substantive one in many ways—I learned more about what à Kempis thought, encountered his analytical
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Parents Want a Complete Overhaul of the Education System 2
- Politics, Education
- February 1, 2023
In the wake of COVID-19, people now overwhelmingly believe that the education system’s broader purpose needs to be rethought. This begins with a shift away from standardized testing, college prep and a one-size-fits-all model and toward personalized curricula, practical skills and subject mastery. A new Purpose of Education Index survey released by the Massachusetts-based national
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Parents: Take Charge of Your Children’s Education 0
- Politics, Education
- January 27, 2023
Are America’s public schools falling apart? The evidence certainly points in that direction. In 2022, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as “The Nation’s Report Card,” found historic declines in reading and math scores among American students. Scores by grade level and subject fell dramatically in all categories. In my state of Virginia,
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What is Writing? Why We Misunderstand the Coming of ChatGPT 2
- Education, Literature
- January 23, 2023
Is high-school English dead? A Dec. 9 article published in The Atlantic by Daniel Herman, a high-school English teacher, says yes. Herman asserts that the new AI chat program ChatGPT drastically changes the nature of education, especially the teaching of writing. The software can respond to prompts of almost any kind—even very complicated ones—in a
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Phoebe Liou, Informed Choice Champion 4
- Education, Science
- January 20, 2023
Phoebe Liou is a somewhat unlikely champion of informed choice for COVID-19 mandates. She’s 19, soft spoken, and has a brilliant mind that helped her be admitted to the University of Connecticut (UConn) at 16. But after winning multiple academic scholarships to her dream school, the tyranny of arbitrary and unnecessary COVID-19 mandates soon began
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