The video above, with English kids talking about how their parents use their electronic devices, is either hilarious or terrifying, depending on your point of view. Based on these conversations, market researchers for Start-rite, a British company which sells stylish shoes for children, reached some startling conclusions about how youngsters used their mobile phones, tablets
READ MOREWe’ve reached the dog days of summer, and it’s time for many people to head back to school. Increasingly, though, many children are not heading back to the normal district school to which they are assigned. Instead, many parents are choosing to send their children to language immersion schools where almost all of the instruction
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READ MOREFew treatises on education have had as much influence in modern times as John Henry Newman’s (1801-1890) Idea of a University – a collection of lectures first published in 1852. One scholar has gone so far as to write that “modern thinking on university education is a series of footnotes to Newman’s lectures and essays.”
READ MOREAccording to an editorial in The Economist, the Black Lives Matter campaign has some legitimate complaints, but hints that their excessive rhetoric may work against resolutions. The article – “What the Black Lives Matter campaign gets wrong” – presents one of the more balanced (I’ll let you judge whether “balanced” means “correct”) views of the movement
READ MOREOn the Black Lives Matter website you will find a list of “Demands”, which include the following: The arrest of officer Darren Wilson. National policy aimed at redressing systemic racism in law enforcement. A discontinuance of federal aid in the form of military weaponry to local law enforcement. The bringing to justice of all officers involved in
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