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Trillions in Spending, Trillions in Debt, and Schooling’s Piece of the Pie
There never seems to be enough of the green stuff to go around, and sometimes songs are written about it, like Abba's “Money, Money, Money," which starts off with: "I work all night, I work all day to pay the bills I have to payAin't it sad?And still there never...
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Grade Inflation = Low Expectations & Unintended Consequences
Grades, oh, my God, grades, the bane of my schooling years, as I followed along in the wake of my smart, “A” student, big sister and never measured up. What's more, my middle school principal got to know me much too well because, not only did my grades disappoint,...
The Self-Esteem Movement’s Leavings
Self-esteem talk got its start way back in the mid-1700’s with the writings of Scottish philosopher David Hume in which he emphasized the importance of self-worth in the quest to attain one’s full potential. Moving forward, in 1890, American philosopher and...
Depersonalized Teaching Gaining Traction in Our K-12 Schools
In the news of late: TikTok under fire, with the U.S. House of Representatives, in March, approving a bi-partisan bill that would force its parent company, ByteDance, to either sell the app or be banned on all of our devices. As noted by Ryan Lovelace of The...
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