Commentary Here is a bitter irony for you. Just as the world’s greatest literature of all ages became available to every person, mostly at no charge, and with only a search and a click, it seems like most people have lost interest. What incredible and tragic timing! For a large part of the 18th and…
How to Separate Fact From Fiction
Commentary The State of New Jersey recently enacted a law that requires K–12 students to learn “information literacy.” Stated plainly, this is the skills to determine what’s true and what’s not. The law is allegedly the first of its kind in the nation. The sentiment behind the legislation is admirable, but the law itself is vague and gives the…
A College Degree Is Not a Credential
Commentary Mark S. (withholding the real name) worked four years to earn his B.A. in economics and then went ahead to get an M.A. in finance, which took another two years. In total he spent $250,000, half of which he borrowed and still owes, plus the income foregone for the time he spent is at…
Arizona’s Summer Camp to Run a Second Year After Learning Scores Show Need to Catch Up
Arizona will fund the AZ OnTrack Summer Camp for a second year. Governor Doug Ducey announced this at the Chris-Town YMCA on Tuesday this week. It was one of several AZ OnTrack camp hosts this past summer. The announcement happened one day after the National Assessment of Education Progress released its test scores. It found…
Play and Learn in Tandem: The Unexpected Benefits of Allowing Your Kids to Enjoy Their Summer Vacations
Summertime—the dream of every school-age child, and to be honest, even some adults still to this day. It is often a time of fond memories, fun, vacations, warm weather, and relaxation. As children, it was a time when we were finally able to, in our minds, “take a break” after a long year of learning….
Hand Gestures May Hold Key to Remedying Australia’s Low Maths Ranking
May 17, 2022
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With Australia now holding a secondary school mathematics ranking of 29 out of the 38 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, a drop of 18 places compared to 20 years ago, a new international paper co-authored by a University of South Australia cognitive psychologist shows that hand gestures may provide part of the solution….
Lifelong Learning: The Key to a Happy Life is Daring to Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
April 28, 2022
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Albert Einstein is best known for his outstanding contributions in the field of science. We can admire him for tackling unsolved mysteries in the realm of physics and making discoveries that changed the world, like the theory of relativity and the theory of quantum mechanics. To what does he ascribe his achievements? Einstein humbly summarized…
The Surprising Physical and Mental Benefits of Practicing Optimism
As soon as parents bring a new baby home, they begin to look for all the milestone “firsts”—rolling over, sitting up, eating solid food, walking, talking. The list goes on and on until it’s filled with even more advanced educational objectives. Can your child identify the letters of the alphabet and their sounds? What sight…
10 Study Tips to Learn Languages
It’s not easy to learn a new language, but there are many ways in which you can trick your brain so that you can learn faster without having to make as much of an effort. Neuroscientists have found some brain hacks with which you can learn a language pretty fast, and you’ll remember what you…
Destroy What You Know
We are held back from creating the life we want, from our highest purpose, from our greatest growth and learning… by what we know. Destroy what you know. Once we feel like we’re a little good at something, we cling to that. We cling to wanting others to think we know things and are good…
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