National School Walkout Day, 19 years after Columbine
19 years after Columbine, not much has changed. As kids across the country leave class to protest school violence in National Walkout Day, let us reflect on how we got here.
When Schools Get Political, What Should Teachers Do?
An expression of values. But whose?
Barbara Bush, Randa Jarrar, and the Outrage of Free Speech
Almost immediately, a fresh front was opened in the perpetual war between free speech and outrage.
Skipping Class Is Skipping Class
Of course kids who skip class to protest should be punished.
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Morning Ed: Education {2018.04.04.W]
Chinese, SAT, safety, and more.
I saw my daughter’s first school play, and it was awful.
The worst theatrical experience I’ve ever had
Education and Making a Good Living
How necessary is to go to college in order to make a good living? Are we getting what we are paying for? Who doesn’t need to go to college in order to make a good living, indeed, even to get rich? Those are the issues I explore here while reflecting on Bryan Caplan’s new book that argues for austerity in education and how a friend of mine is doing quite well in business without a college degree.
What is the Point of Lower Education?
I have been thinking about the point of lower education.
There’s a Strike On
A look at the media coverage of the West Virginia strike.
Setting The Books Free
Kids these days no longer use lockers, apparently.
How to learn Mandarin Chinese characters
A language is more than a listing of its words.
Why the Republican Party Wants to End the Adoption Tax Credit and Tax Graduate Tuition Waivers
Because adoption and doctoral education as practiced in the United States are hallmarks of multicultural policy
Plausible Misconceptions
Ignorance is not only ignorance, and we need to understand why others make the mistakes they do.
Will Teaching About Growth Mindsets and Grit Work?
Against the recommendations of positive psychology
How Do You Get Good at Things?
Practice makes perfect.
What makes practice?
Make Universities Less Welcoming
The political right and left believe they are not welcomed at our universities. That doesn’t mean we need to treat all demands on higher education seriously.
Tenure reviewed
A review of a must-read book about tenure and the humanities.
The College Try
Are colleges teaching critical thinking?
An Unfortunate Turn of Events
The move towards violent street fighting is a dangerous trend which should not be accommodated by polite political society.
How To Have A Great School Science Night
Pitch in for Science!
The Reading Railroad
If you want a creature that repeats lines from a textbook, get a parrot.
In Praise of Youtube Pop-Culture Academics
Youtube is where intellectuals should be making community outreach.
Don’t Blame Me!
Really, nobody is to blame for the unsustainable adjunct situation in academia. And so, nobody can fix it.
I Know How College Got Expensive
Cost disease in higher education
A Proposal for Bible Study as Part of K-12 Curriculum
This started off as a joke when I proposed it; now I’m serious and think it would make for a good course.
The Armchair Parent
Vikram is a terrible father. Tell him so.
Reflections On The Science Fair
Oscar judges the State Science Fair and offers commentary
Yale on the Beach
Should Yale head for the Sunshine State?
He didn’t assign the readings
How should you judge professors who skip books on the syllabus? (Oh, and college isn’t for everyone.)
Student loan crisis at its ugliest: I graduated and found out I owe $200,000 – Slate
Every once in a while, when I’m feeling overwhelmed, I watch college commencement ceremonies on YouTube. These rituals remind me how perverse our higher-education system is—and of the empty idealism that colleges and universities sell us: We are here today, donning our ceremonial robes and caps, to recite the traditional vacuous platitudes and wish you…
Notes on a University Student Questionnaire
What university ephemera can tell us about how academia sees itself.
American Disparate Education
Tension and divides over school policy in the U.S. persist. Can the disparate philosophies get along?
Linky Friday #143: Rise & Shine
This week: Health, Education, Business, Poilitics, Government, and Society.
Linky Friday #142: Plumber Payday
Labor, Education, Psychology, Media, Family, Society, and World!
Dissent
Talking about this generation.
Welders and Philosophers
We need both liberal arts majors and welders, but the structures of higher education are biased in favor of liberal arts majors.
