The Tenth First Day of School
For previous installments: 9th, 8th, 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st My kid started…
Friends and Family
Education
The Mental Health Crisis: Can School Help Prevent Mental Illness?
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Louie Lang wrote an article in Phlexible Philosophy entitled…
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“Manufactured Childhood”
Photo by frank mckenna on Unsplash In his book Deschooling Society, Ivan Illich takes issue…
Education
A Question About Student Loan Forgiveness
Student loan forgiveness has been a big part of the public debate (such as there…
Friends and Family
The First Day of School
Today was my daughter’s first day of kindergarten. Although, she thinks tomorrow is her first…
Education
Society
The Children in the Folders
The most important moment of Dr. Robert Putnam’s presentation “Closing the Opportunity Gap” on July…
Philosophy
Re-de-segregation?
Today, as I do most everyday, I was scrolling through 3 Quarks Daily. In case…
Education
Basic Life Skills
There are certain basic life skills everyone should have. It's one of the major failures…
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Logic 101 – Teachers
There is nothing that bothers me more than seeing bad arguments put forth by a…
Politics
Thoughts on the Scottish Referendum (Sort Of)
The Scottish independence referendum left me disappointed. That's funny because I would have voted against…