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Viewpoint: Oprah as Harvard’s Commencement Speaker Is an Endorsement of Phony Science
As America’s oldest and most visible university, Harvard should publicly affirm evidence-based inquiry, not quack medicine
TED Talk Legend Sir Ken Robinson Talks To TIME
Sir Ken Robinson’s TED Talks have been watched by more people than any other speaker in the conference’s history. Online, his three talks combined have gotten over 21 million views, but Robinson estimates that when you include event presentations, his 2006 “Schools Kill Creativity” talk has been watched by over 300 million people. No …
The Key to College Success: Summer
Incoming freshmen can flounder in the months before becoming a college student
What Graduation Speeches Should Say but Don’t
There is a strong chance you will wind up miserable with no sense of purpose if you don’t figure out one very important thing.
Fareed Zakaria: Be Open, Be Optimistic, Speak Up
In a commencement address to the University of Oklahoma, Zakaria paints a picture of a thriving America
Is Texting Killing the English Language?
People have always spoken differently from how they write, and texting is actually talking with your fingers
The Illusion of the ‘Gifted’ Child
Why our policies for good students really aren’t that smart
How to Stimulate Curiosity
Three practical ways to use information gaps to stimulate curiosity and promote learning
The Thin-Envelope Crisis
America’s universities are rejecting the wrong kids — and undermining the idea of merit
Whatever Happened to the “Common Good”?
Recommitting ourselves to the general welfare could solve the deepest problems this country and the world now face
What’s Really Scandalous About the Atlanta Schools Testing Scandal
Even if we eliminating the cheating, what remains is the dangerous misconception that testing is a proxy for teaching
What’s So Great About a Princeton Husband?
A response to Princeton alum Susan Patton’s amazingly archaic advice