Education

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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Confused Wellesley Students Protest Scholar Believing She Opposes Transgender Rights (She Doesn’t)0
- Education
- February 21, 2018
Some 100 Wellesley students last week turned out to protest the lecture of Dr. Alice Dreger, a bioethicist and former professor at the University of Northwestern and Michigan State, who’d been invited to speak by the school’s Freedom Project. Following her lecture, Dreger was confronted by lines of protesting students. Some of them wore masks;
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Do You Know Your Latin Abbreviations?0
- Education
- February 21, 2018
Answers: e.g. = “exempli gratia” (“for the sake of example”) i.e. = “id est” (“that is”) N.B. = “Nota Bene” (“note well”) p.s. = “post scriptum” (“after what has been written”) QED = “Quod Erat Demonstrandum” (“which was needing to be demonstrated”) R.I.P. = “Requiescat in Pace” (“may he rest in
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10 Things Schools, Parents and Communities Can Do Now to Prevent School Shootings 0
- Education
- February 16, 2018
After a shooter killed 17 people at a Florida high school, many have expressed frustration at the political hand-wringing over gun control and calls for prayer. As a parent, I understand the desire for practical responses to school shootings. I also absolutely believe the government should do more to prevent such incidents. But the gun
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