Society
Carnegie's Myth of "Useful Knowledge" Broke Modern Education
From 19th-century union busting to the 21st-century literacy crisis, tracing the deliberate marginalization of the liberal arts.
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Education
Teaching and learning: Carnegie's long shadow, active classrooms, and making college worth it.
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Waldorf
Media Reccomendations for Waldorf & Montessori Kids
If you’re looking for slow media for your modern Waldorf child, this list is for you.
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Higher Education
Why Undergrad Degrees Should Offer Trade Training
Students who do better in life post-college are more likely to support that college.
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Higher Education
Succeeding in Your Creative Writing MFA
some tips and tricks from the eye of the storm
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Education
The Purpose of Education (and why current systems fail)
We do not want to lay down a pattern or type to which men of all sorts are to be made by some means or another approximate. Political and social institutions are to be judged by the good or harm that they do to individuals. Do they preserve self-respect?
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Education
Become a Self-Directed Learner
If we wait for someone else to manage our lives we’re always going to be falling short of our aspirations Learning good habits — habits that work for our own lives — is key, but so is how we approach the situation; how we look at the work ahead of us is just as important as how carefully we take no
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