Student Essay: Think Small
Student Essay: Think Small By Sam Mayfield We’re easily impressed by big systems and machines as examples of progress. But what if we’re looking in the wrong direction? […]
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Examination Cross-Examined: Why Test In a Test-Optional World?
Examination Cross-Examined By Gabriel Blanchard Why test in a test-optional world? In recent years, the test-optional movement—in which standardized test scores are no longer required for college admissions—has
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“A Hundred Days of Dante”
The Largest Dante Reading Group Worldwide Have you ever wanted to read the Divine Comedy? Don’t cross into hell alone … Dante Alighieri was one of the finest
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Student Essay: E Pluribus Unum?
Student Essay: E Pluribus Unum? By Jeremy Douglass The divisions between us as individuals do not align neatly to the “sides” we are all supposedly on. Individuality is
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Student Essay: Civility and Civic Discourse
Student Essay:Civility and Civic Discourse It is terrible to think where our country would be today if our Founding Fathers had refused to exercise civil discourse the way
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Disruption, or Development?
Disruption, or Development? By Gabriel Blanchard What exactly is #DisruptTexts trying to do? And is its strategy really the best? There are few questions as contentious in education
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Don’t Cancel the Classics
Don’t Cancel the Classics By Tyler Bonin When we invited Wall Street Journal columnist Meghan Cox Gurdon to the Anchored podcast to discuss her editorial “Even Homer Gets Mobbed,” we little suspected
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A Reflection on Catholic Schools Week
A Reflection on Catholic Schools Week By Matt McKeown This week, the Classic Learning Test celebrates Catholic Schools Week, an annual celebration of Catholic education in the United
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The Great Conversation: Constitution
The Great Conversation: Constitution By Matt McKeown Society is governed by laws. What governs the laws themselves? When we speak of constitutions here in the US, we tend
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Consequences of a Failure of Ideas
The grievous breach of the Capitol yesterday has several causes. We believe a major cause, perhaps the most important, is a failure of ideas.
Mainstream education does not teach students to respect the dignity of the human person. Without this shared belief in the dignity of every person, America will crumble.
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