September 17th marks the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution. To recognize “Constitution Day,” the day “when all schools receiving federal funds are expected to provide lessons or other programming on our most important founding document,” the folks at the Fordham Institute prepared a special project. They examined the mission statements of the
READ MOREIn the last 20 years homeschooling has gone mainstream, and homeschooled students are often highly praised for their accomplishments. But some skeptics remain, many of whom are teachers themselves. But as it turns out, teachers and homeschoolers may share some of the same critiques about today’s public education system. According to homeschool mom Melissa Roy,
READ MOREA few years back, I met an intern who was working with a conservative group. I suspect a lot of folks would read that and consider this sort of person to be a Bible-thumping troglodyte. Au contraire. During a conversation about pop culture, we turned to the TV show Desperate Housewives. Here, I was thoroughly
READ MOREA year or so ago, my sister was tasked to look after two children in a classroom/tutorial type of setting. After ignoring repeated instructions to sit down and perform the task at hand, the child on my sister’s right grinned mischievously and said, “I can’t. I didn’t have my medication today.” The child on her
READ MORECourage, also known as “fortitude” or “bravery,” is one of the four cardinal virtues along with prudence, justice, and temperance. Along with temperance, courage helps one to conquer the obstacles to doing the good with prudence and justice. According to Aristotle, one possesses the virtue of courage if he/she “faces and … fears the right things …
READ MOREAt a town hall meeting yesterday in Iowa, President Obama put in his two cents on the increasingly intolerant and censored atmosphere of today’s college campuses. As it turns out, he’s not a fan of it. According to yesterday’s article in Vox, here’s what he said: “It’s not just sometimes folks who are mad that
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