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College Daze
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| Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008 |
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Instead of helping high school graduates grow up, colleges prolong childhood.
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Leave This Child Behind
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| Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
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We must recognize the fact that most people do not have the ability or interest to succeed on the conventional academic track.
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For Most People, College Is a Waste of Time
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| Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 |
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Our national obsession with the BA has created a two-tiered entry to adulthood, anointing some for admission to the club and labeling the rest as second-best.
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Francophilia
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| Posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 |
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The French, après tout, are not unlike Americans.
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The Age of Educational Romanticism
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| Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2008 |
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Educational romanticism asks too much from students at the bottom of the intellectual pile, asks the wrong things from those in the middle, and asks too little from those at the top.
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Poverty and Marriage, Income Inequality and Brains
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| Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 |
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When it comes to poverty and income inequality, the cycle of optimistic promises and zero results will repeat itself because politicians ignore causes that don't fit the way they want the world to be.
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With a High IQ Comes Need for Special Education
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| Posted: Monday, August 6, 2007 |
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It is time for the United States to accomodate the needs of its intellectual elite.
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Abolish the SAT
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| Posted: Friday, July 13, 2007 |
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The SAT is an unnecessary and socioeconomically divisive institution. We should drop it in favor of achievement tests.
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Should No Child Left Behind Be Reauthorized?
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| Posted: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 |
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NCLB is a disaster for federalism, excellence, and imagination.
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Jewish Genius
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| Posted: Monday, April 2, 2007 |
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Why are Jews overrepresented in every field of intellectual accomplishment?
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