Education

Family, Not Preschool, Is the Secret to Good Education 9
- Education, Family
- August 2, 2022
“I was so worried my son wouldn’t pass his kindergarten entrance exam,” one of my friends recently told me, noting that he hadn’t attended preschool. “That is my pet peeve!” another friend sputtered at the mention of preschool. She had noticed that many schools today want to make sure kids know their letters before entering
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Word Salads No More 5
- Education, Culture, Western Civilization
- July 29, 2022
Church was crowded, and I ended up, as I often do, sitting near the back. Just as Mass began, I glanced over my shoulder, as I also often do, to see whether some elderly person or pregnant mom might need a seat. (Saint John’s is jammed full of young families and children.) I spend a
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Harvard Faculty Survey Reveals Striking Ideological Bias 0
- Education, Politics
- July 28, 2022
As a mom of two teenagers who will be forging their pathways to adulthood in the coming years, I am particularly interested in new models of higher education. While college admission certainly isn’t a requirement for my children, I hope that if they choose to pursue a Bachelor’s degree or beyond, the experience is engaging
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Northern Arizona University to Require Four Diversity Courses to Graduate 1
- Culture, Education, Politics
- July 19, 2022
Schools are making it harder to focus on academic subjects such as economics, history, math, and science, by forcing students to waste time taking classes that indoctrinate them in left-wing ideology, such as “critical theory” or critical race theory. The College Fix reports on a recent example. Northern Arizona University will soon require students to
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‘Woke’ Tour Guides Now Mangle History at Monticello 12
- Culture, Education, History, Politics
- July 15, 2022
The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. Substitute “Jefferson” for “Caesar” in Marc Anthony’s funeral speech, and you have a tidy summation of the guided “woke” tours at Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello. On July 5th—the day after our nation once
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Bored No More: What Escaping Government Schools Can Do for Our Kids 8
- Education, Culture
- July 14, 2022
It continually amazes me to see the proliferation of good coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly regarding its effects on the education system and the students in it. Yes, the attempt to somehow transfer the traditional classroom to an online environment was a disaster that left many students bored … but another story has
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