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What are the characteristics of the schools with the best ROI?

Many years ago, my little sister was given a school assignment to write a thank-you to a veteran. In her childish scrawl, she sent a thank-you card and picture to our grandfather, who served in World War II.

If you argue that all truth is relative, then you must accept what that means. 

Some insights from The Rape of the Mind.

It’s worth pondering the role of helicopter-parenting.

Said near the end of his life.

I always roll my eyes when I hear liberal arts professors today defending general requirements and expounding on the glories of a broad education. 

Protestor madness at Yale and Missouri are just the latest examples. 

This is what happened when Aristotle got left behind.

Parent-child reading times – even into the teen years – are one of the best ways to turn your child into a well-rounded and educated reader.

How can you ensure your child is reading high quality and worthwhile material?

John Dewey had a lot of praise for communist education in Russia.

Winston Churchill is one of the most quotable of modern figures. As such, he’s also one of the most frequently misquoted people.

Spanking as a form of punishment is in decline, and it definitely has its modern detractors.

“Mom, I have to get out of my history class and transfer to another. I’m never going to learn anything because the kids are so disruptive.”

Is it possible that our shift away from a nature-filled lifestyle is hurting us more than we realize?

Because millennials don't know how to form associations?

Whoa.

It’s a question that should be asked.

Would we see American writing ability increase if these three elements were restored to the classroom?

As a child, Peggy Noonan used to hitchhike with her aunt. And nobody killed them.

An article in The Atlantic yesterday asks, "Why has apple picking become a tourist attraction?"

Because of our dislike for the horrors of war, it’s easy to dismiss and overlook the great sacrifices and heroism exhibited by our veterans.

He seems to have his fair share of American admirers.

They’re faux attacks on modern philosophers made to look like today’s political attack ads.

Americans were warned long ago that such a complicated mess would result if the government became an “administrative system … to provide for the needs of the poor.” 

America was destined to become a country that vacillates between individualism and collectivism.

Society has made many mothers feel that they have to join the workforce in order have a nice home, the latest cars, impressive vacations, and regular restaurant meals and movie nights.