Education

Why Do Teachers Make Us Read Old Books?0
- Education
- November 18, 2019
There are probably as many reasons to read old stories as there are teachers. Old stories are sometimes strange. They display beliefs, values and ways of life that the reader may not recognize. As an English professor, I believe that there is value in reading stories from decades or even centuries ago. Teachers have their
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Does Class Size Make a Difference on the Quality of Our Kids’ Education?0
- Education
- November 1, 2019
Chicago’s teachers went on strike in October, suspending instruction for the city’s public school students for 11 days. Educators in the nation’s third-largest school district were seeking higher pay and improved benefits. But they also wanted to reduce the number of classrooms with large numbers of students. The deal the union representing Chicago’s teachers struck
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Woke Math Aims to Teach Seattle Kids That ‘Western’ Math Is Racist 0
- Education
- October 25, 2019
The culture war is coming for you, whether you like it or not. It’s no secret that American history is under attack. The ethos of leftist historian Howard Zinn has made inroads into classrooms across the country, as I explain in my book “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.” But, lest
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Chicago Teachers’ Strike Shows Why We Don’t Need Public Schools 0
- Education
- October 21, 2019
As the Chicago teachers’ strike continues with no end in sight, 300,000 students spend another day outside of the public school classroom. Chicago’s mayor, Lori Lightfoot, says this is damaging to children. “We need to get our kids back in school,” the mayor said Thursday, CNN reports. “Every day we are out, that hurts our
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Academic Nonsense and Biases Have a Long History 0
- Education
- October 18, 2019
The United States had a population of 1.5 million postsecondary faculty members in the fall of 2016. This ivory tower army produces volumes of written material so lofty that it’s rarely read by anyone. The content that is read can be hard for every day Americans to take seriously, for with 10.4 registered Democrats for every registered Republican, the political bias is strong
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How Wokeness Is Turning Back the Clock 0
- Education
- October 16, 2019
If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, check out Minding the Campus, a nonprofit independent organization. John Leo, its editor-in-chief, says that the organization’s prime mission is dedicated to the revival of intellectual pluralism and the best traditions of liberal education at America’s colleges
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