Education

Media Misinformation About Arming Teachers 0
- Education
- March 1, 2018
Misinformation can be deadly, especially when it comes to issues like school shootings. This is because it can build support for policies that increase fatalities and generate opposition to reforms that can save lives. Despite these high stakes, a wide array of media outlets have spread fictions about violence, firearms, and armed security in the
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Protective Intelligence: The Key to Preventing Classroom Shootings 0
- Education
- February 28, 2018
Once again, America was dealt a sickening gut-punch by a mass murder in a public high school. The classroom avenger phenomenon is racking up a death toll with no end in sight. In the most recent case, evident warning signs were ignored by the FBI. School districts should, of course, maximize the protective and enforcement
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Why Can Children No Longer Hold Their Pencils Correctly?2
- Education
- February 28, 2018
In recent years, a number of parents and grandparents have discovered an alarming trend: children no longer know how to write in cursive. Such a discovery led to a considerable backlash against programs such as Common Core, which many viewed as the culprit squeezing out cursive instruction. Thanks to increased attention on the subject, many
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Do Not Get a PhD in the Liberal Arts, Unless…2
- Education
- February 27, 2018
I have a Ph.D. in Theology. I’m happy I have the Ph.D., and it’s been useful to me both in my thinking and writing. But would I have gone on for a Ph.D. knowing what I do now? Probably not. Recently, my friend Dave Deavel published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal titled “The
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Betsy DeVos Urges Americans to Embrace ‘Education Freedom’0
- Education
- February 23, 2018
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is calling on Americans to embrace a vision of “education freedom” that empowers students and parents with a “multitude of pathways” toward new opportunities. DeVos, speaking during a question-and-answer session Thursday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, said one such pathway would be educational savings accounts to benefit military families who
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The 5 Best Books on Education 0
- Education
- February 22, 2018
There are a lot of books on education, but few that are very good. Here are five books that cut to the chase of what education is and how it should be done: 1) Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture, by Werner Jaeger. Jaeger was a German scholar writing in the early to mid-20th century. He
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