Scenes from the K-12 era pandemic, Cactus Patch edition
The opening scene of Saving Private Ryan follows our protagonists as they invade the beaches of Normandy. Pinned under inadequate...
Read More >Komer saved the best for last
Bigots spent an enormous amount of effort in the late 19th century enshrining their hostility to Catholics and Jews into...
Read More >Gigantic and all-too-real segregation must end
“You were born where you were born and faced the future you faced because you were black and for no...
Read More >Fixed for whom, Ms. Weingarten?
In the film “The Matrix,” Laurence Fishburne’s character, Morpheus, explains to the protagonist that the world he perceived himself to...
Read More >Figuring out COVID-19 is like figuring out K-12 policy
Graduate training in the social sciences teaches students to think in terms of a multi-variable world. Humans naturally gravitate toward...
Read More >The uses of adversity: education innovator Eva Moskowitz on distance learning
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his...
Read More >American society is rigged but not in the way Tucker Carlson imagines
Just when it seemed like 2020 couldn’t get any worse, a horrific video of the killing of a handcuffed and...
Read More >A Memorial Day thought: How the B-52 can inform our thinking while deterring our enemies
Memorial Day is a time to honor the service of those who died in the U.S. armed services. The United...
Read More >Florida scores knockout in U.S. News & World Report rankings – but is underrated
The classic arcade game Punch-Out!! asked players to assume the role of a green-haired boxer named “Little Mac” to box...
Read More >Save Our Schools suspends ballot initiative effort after Arizona Supreme Court ruling
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled against groups that had been suing the state in an effort to gather initiative signatures...
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