Education

Removing Analogies From the SAT Was a Bad Idea 0
- Education
- March 19, 2018
When I was preparing for the SAT test in 1996, I had to test myself with several examples of analogies, such as the following question: Bandage: Blood :: a) Cable: Bridge b) Cast: Injury c) Fort: Army d) Dam: River But such preparation is no longer needed for today’s students; the analogies
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5 Ways Obama’s Discipline Policy Made Schools Less Effective and Safe 2
- Education
- March 16, 2018
As is typical with so many other policies, federal meddling in what should be a local matter leads to poor results. This is the conclusion reached Monday by a Heritage Foundation panel about a school discipline initiative, launched by the Obama administration, that suddenly became the subject of national debate after the Feb. 14 massacre
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This High School Senior Explains Why It’s Better to ‘Walk Up’ to Help Others Than to Walk Out of Classes 0
- Education
- March 15, 2018
While students across the country protest school shootings Wednesday with walkouts, one senior says her school in Utah is encouraging students to “walk up, not out” and show an act of kindness. “I feel like the media tends to focus a lot on the anger, hurt, and destruction of our youth in society,” Alessa Love,
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The Bath School Massacre: The Worst School Attack in U.S. History 1
- Education
- March 9, 2018
On the morning of May 18, 1927, a school board treasurer named Andrew Kehoe blew up a schoolhouse in Bath Township, Mich., killing 44 people (38 children and 6 adults). Another 58 people were injured. Eyewitnesses later said they could hear the explosion more than a mile away. The bombing would have been much worse
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The Real Reason Women Avoid Careers in Math and Science 1
- Education
- March 1, 2018
Remember James Damore, the young Google engineer who was sacked last August for resisting the company’s gender equality programme? Damore wasn’t against having more women in tech, he just did not believe the present male-female imbalance is owing to sexism and can be rectified by changing men’s attitudes. The sexes tend to have different work
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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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