Education

Learning Greek and Latin Will Be Key to Renewing the West 1
- Education
- May 9, 2018
Last week, various headlines proclaimed that there’s a “cut-off age” of 17 or 18 if you want to learn a new language. The headlines were generated by a new study published by MIT researchers, and based on analysis of a grammar quiz they gave to 670,000 people. The researchers found that people “remain very skilled at
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Same Policies That Failed to Stop Florida Shooter Exist in School Districts Nationwide 0
- Education
- May 8, 2018
Critics of President Donald Trump said his response to the Florida school shooting earlier this year was ill-conceived and a failure. Yet a new startling revelation from school district officials in Broward County, Florida, shows the White House’s response was indeed appropriate—more than even the Trump administration knew. On Feb. 14, Nikolas Cruz, a student
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Here’s How Few Republicans Are On College Faculties 0
- Education
- May 3, 2018
Just within the past week or so, some shocking professorial behavior has come to light. In the wake of Barbara Bush’s death, California State University, Fresno professor Randa Jarrar took to Twitter to call the former first lady an “amazing racist.” Jarrar added: PSA: either you are against these pieces of s— and their genocidal
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5 Facts about Frederick Douglass 0
- Education
- April 27, 2018
Here are five facts about Frederick Douglass (1818-1895), writer, orator, statesman, abolitionist:and one of America’s greatest champions of individual liberty: 1. Douglas was born into slavery in Maryland circa 1818. (Like many slaves, he never knew his actual date of birth and so chose February 14 as his birthday.) He was given the name Frederick
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Why Humans Increasingly Are Unaware of Their Ignorance (And Why it’s a Big Problem)1
- Education
- April 27, 2018
“Has there ever been a time in the world’s history when people were more sure of their opinions?” asks Jim Ferrell of the Arbinger Insitute. Ferrell observes, “We become set in our opinions precisely because we have lost sight of the fact that they are merely opinions…our culture is suffering from what one might call
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How Colleges Are Ripping Off a Generation of Ill-Prepared Students 0
- Education
- April 25, 2018
Earlier this month, the 2017 National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the nation’s “report card,” was released. It’s not a pretty story. Only 37 percent of 12th-graders tested proficient or better in reading, and only 25 percent did so in math. Among black students, only 17 percent tested proficient or better in reading, and just
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