A republic of dunces?
Has intellectual life in America declined to a new low? Tom Nichols, a professor of national...
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Tag: April 2020
Climate change: The thief of childhood
The looming specter of environmental disaster is taking a toll on students’ mental health,...
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What reality TV taught me about everyday assessment
Certain design-challenge reality shows demonstrate the value of clear goals, good questions,...
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Choosing integration
Practices like the school choices made every year by millions of privileged White families,...
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Anti-intellectualism and anti-evolutionism: Lessons from Hofstadter
By understanding the motivations behind objections to teaching evolution, science educators can...
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Books, censorship, and anti-intellectualism in schools
Efforts to remove certain books from schools are rooted in a strong belief in the power of books...
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Why Americans love educational shortcuts: A conversation with Robert Hampel
From correspondence courses to CliffsNotes, Americans have always looked for ways to avoid the...
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Measles outbreaks motivate change
Vaccination laws require courts to balance individual rights and beliefs with the good of the...
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Preparing for the workplace of the future
Advances in technology and increased global competition are changing the workplace. But making...
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A response to constructive criticism of social and emotional learning
Given the rapid growth of the SEL movement, some challenges are to be expected, say two of the...
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Testing, best practices, and the teacher intellectual
When raising test scores becomes the aim of education, teachers’ intellectual expertise is...
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Linking librarians, inquiry learning, and information literacy
To thrive, schoolwide inquiry learning programs need support from librarians. The particulars of...
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