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Education
The Very High Cost of Not Knowing
I sat down with a friend last week and the conversation drifted to whatever it was in the current…
Litigation Drives the Insane Labeling of Children as Sex Offenders
For Little Children, Grown-Up Labels As Sexual Harassers By Brigid Schulte Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 3, 2008; A01…
The Outrage of “No Child Dragged Along”
Reading and Math Curtailing Other Topics, Study Finds By Maria Glod Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, February 25, 2008; B02…
The First Step toward the Next Step in Teaching
Author Reinvents Science Textbooks as Lively, Fun Narratives By Valerie Strauss Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 28, 2008; B02…
What They Don’t (and Never Will) Teach You in School
Expecting The Expenses $25 Diapers, $12,000 for Day Care, And What to Do About College? By Michael S. Rosenwald Washington…
Can Naomi Wolf Replace Paris Hilton or Do We Expire in Convulsion?
Hey, Young Americans, Here’s a Text for You By Naomi Wolf Sunday, November 25, 2007; B04 Is America still America…
The Shoe Finally Drops at Stanford
Hoover Institution gets $10 million gift The Hoover Institution at Stanford University has received a $10 million gift from the…
Bollinger Embarrases Columbia
September 26, 2007 Columbia Still Reeling Over Visit By KAREN W. ARENSON Before Iran’s president took the stage at Columbia…
Read This–It’s Worth the Time and Effort
Finding Their Voices Encouraging struggling students to argue may seem a debatable strategy. But there’s no arguing with success. By…