Education

Stoneman Douglas at 6 Months 0
- Education
- August 16, 2018
It was six months ago but feels like just yesterday. On Feb. 14, a deranged teen attacked students and staff members at Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17. Like millions of parents and grandparents across America, I was transfixed by the news that day, watching the coverage with horror. I grieved for
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I Spent a Week Teaching High School Kids How Government Works. Here’s What I Discovered.0
- Education
- August 13, 2018
I spent the past week at a camp teaching teens about the legislative process. Among other things, the teens learned about American history, government, and worldview, while also role-playing as senators, representatives, and media. The week ended with a final debate on the house floor of the Minnesota Capitol. Here are five interesting things I
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The Affective Fallacy: Understanding How Your Feelings Can Make You Dumb 0
- Education
- August 7, 2018
The NBC show Friday Night Lights is about high school football in a small Texas community. High-school students are taking part in a class discussion when the brash star halfback, Brian “Smash” Williams crudely argues that monogamy is unnatural for a male. The teacher is puzzled by Smash’s statement. A female friend and classmate, Waverly,
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School Superintendent Tells Education Scholar to ‘Drop Dead’ Following Janus Decision 0
- Education
- July 19, 2018
The following email was sent to all school district superintendents in Illinois to ensure they were aware of their responsibilities under the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME. Dear Superintendent, Attached is a letter from the National Right to Work Foundation explaining your responsibilities in regards to the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling in
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Academic Publishing Is a Total Mess. Here Are 6 Ways to Fix It.1
- Education
- July 3, 2018
The world of scholarly communication is broken. Giant, corporate publishers with racketeering business practices and profit margins that exceed Apple’s treat life-saving research as a private commodity to be sold at exorbitant profits. Only around 25 per cent of the global corpus of research knowledge is ‘open access’, or accessible to the public for free
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Is It a Problem if Kids Don’t Know How to Use Dictionaries?0
- Education
- July 2, 2018
When one of my younger siblings asked me the meaning of a word, my immediate response was: “Let’s look it up in the dictionary.” Giving me a look like I had just suggested that we send someone a note via smoke signal instead of text, my sister replied, “Patience, you have your phone right there.
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