Education

Good Reading Is the Cure for Gullibility 3
- Culture, Education, Family, Literature
- August 22, 2022
The other day, a friend of mine posted on social media a picture of her three children, sitting in the living room, each with a nose in a book. She was having a proud-mom moment, noting that she couldn’t believe the day had finally come when all her children were able to read on their
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Of Laundry Lessons and College 3
- Education, Culture, Family
- August 22, 2022
Forgive the long quote coming up, but it is instructive. (And wild!) The president of Hamilton College, David Wippman, and his colleague, Cornell University American Studies professor Glenn C. Altschuler, have somehow been peeking in on the discussions parents are having online about their kids off at college. These Facebook groups can be truly helpful
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Learning Styles Don’t Actually Exist, Studies Show 2
- Education, Science
- August 18, 2022
Are you a visual, auditory, reading/writing, or kinesthetic learner? For millions of students, this question has become so familiar that they already have an answer ready to go. Some identify as visual learners, which means that, in theory, they learn best by seeing concepts in pictures and diagrams, perhaps on a blackboard or in a
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Beware of Big Bathroom Brother 2
- Education, Culture, Politics
- August 17, 2022
Nine years ago, I warned readers about “eyelock biometric readers” adopted by Florida schools to track them on buses. Under the guise of fighting guns and vaping, countless schools this year are now installing surveillance sensors in bathrooms that can spy and record students’ alleged “aggression” and red-flag “spoken key words.” Eight years ago, I
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D.C. Plans to Ban 40 Percent of Black Teens From School 4
- Education, Politics, Science
- August 16, 2022
During a Monday press conference, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser seemingly claimed her department’s own numbers surrounding the amount of black school aged children vaccinated against COVID-19 were inaccurate. Unvaccinated school children will be banned from attending Washington, D.C. public schools later this month. In response to a question from The Daily Signal about how 40
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Minneapolis Schools Will Lay Off White Teachers First 2
- Education, Politics
- August 15, 2022
The Minneapolis Public Schools have adopted a race-based layoff provision that violates the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. “A Minneapolis teachers union contract stipulates that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned before “educators of color” in the event Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) needs to reduce staff,” reports Alpha News:
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