Education

Homeschooling Freedoms Are Under Threat. Will Parents Defend Them?0
- Education
- April 17, 2018
Homeschoolers today have it easy. Many of us were in diapers when, in 1977, educator John Holt created Growing Without Schooling, the first newsletter to connect and encourage homeschooling families. Holt and other social reformers provided the support and facilitated the networks that would ultimately lead to homeschooling becoming legally recognized in all U.S. states
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Seven Reasons People No Longer Want to be Teachers 0
- Education
- April 16, 2018
The oldest profession – teaching – is no longer attractive. The Queensland Deans of Education revealed there have been alarming drops in first preference applications for this year’s teacher preparation courses. Queensland has experienced an overall 26 percent drop. Most alarmingly, UQ reported a 44 percent plunge. QUT saw a 19 percent drop. These figures
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The Lost Scrolls Lying at Our Feet 0
- Education
- April 12, 2018
In 79 A.D., the catastrophic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in eastern Italy covered nearby towns in ash and completely buried many of them. One of the towns that was buried in the eruption was Herculaneum, which at the time was a popular vacation spot for wealthy Romans. According to some historical accounts, Julius Caesar’s father-in-law,
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Are Black Male Athletes Failing to Graduate Because of Racism?0
- Education
- April 10, 2018
The relationship between participation in sports and academic performance has many faces. Most of them are happy; for instance, many studies show that high school athletes outperform non-athletes academically by a large margin. At the college level, the relationships are more varied, depending on the school, the sport, and the demographic group. Still, college athletes
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15 of Mark Twain’s Sassiest Witticisms 0
- Education
- April 10, 2018
Mark Twain (1835-1910) is arguably the most celebrated humorist and writer in American history. Born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Hannibal, Missouri, Twain built a literary reputation unrivaled in his day. On one hand, he wrote Huck Finn, a literary masterpiece widely considered the greatest novel ever written by an American. On the other hand, Twain
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The Paradox of Leveling the Playing Field in the Name of Equality 0
- Education
- April 9, 2018
Concepts of equality have long formed the keystones of Western philosophies. Revolutions have been fought in the name of equality, our courts are built around the idea that we are all equal before the law, and activists have spent the last century working to break down the systematic inequalities affecting our societies. Indeed, philosophical
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