Education

I Question the Protests on College Campuses Like Mine. Here’s Why.6
- Culture, Education, Featured
- November 1, 2024
Tensions about the Israel-Palestine conflict came to a head on many college campuses last spring. Tents arrived as students camped out for days, sometimes weeks. Some protests were disbanded through peaceful negotiation with administrators, while others were broken up by riot police, including at my own school. The result has been anything but peaceful. Students
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A Case Against Checking In 3
- Education, Featured
- October 21, 2024
“How are we feeling today?” my teacher began. “Let’s do a quick check-in.” Typically, our check-ins involved a scale of one to five. One was the worst: It meant, the teacher explained, that we felt no motivation, had no energy, and couldn’t wait for the school year to end. Five was the best: It signaled
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Mute Buttons: Two Ways the School Complex Muzzles Parents and Students 1
- Education, MomThink
- October 16, 2024
I was asked the other day why parents and students do not have more say in their education in the government system, and my reply was simply “because that is the goal.” Specifically, the system exists to perpetuate itself and to propagandize large numbers of children each year so that they believe and pass on to their
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Refuting the Techno-Myth and Reclaiming Childhood 4
- Education, Family, Featured, MomThink
- October 15, 2024
Screens are so pervasive in society that we tend to think of them as inevitable. They have become extensions of our bodies. We might think that technology in itself is neutral and is only good or bad depending on how one uses it. Catherine L’Ecuyer, a doctor in education and psychology, disagrees. L’Ecuyer is Canadian
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Does Diversity Training Accomplish Anything? Evidence Says No.3
- Culture, Education, Featured
- October 14, 2024
Diversity trainings have become a much beloved ritual for corporations and universities across America. I say “much beloved” because if such trainings were not beloved by somebody, it would be hard to explain their pervasive presence in our institutions. But whatever elite and enlightened groups might find these training sessions appealing, the evidence shows that
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When Parents Track Kids at College 2
- Education, Family, MomThink
- October 14, 2024
A recent front-page article in The Wall Street Journal – “Surveillance Parents Face the Ultimate Firewall: Freshman Year” — described the difficulty — even agony — some parents are feeling when their kids go off to college and are harder to monitor and help from afar. I don’t blame parents for the fear and loss
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