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October 18, 2010

The Twilight Generation Can't Read

Sandra Stotsky

A new ALSCW study suggests that fragmented English curricula and neglect of close reading impair reading scores and college readiness despite major increases in funding for elementary and secondary......

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October 18, 2010

Ask a Scholar: A Grammatical Conundrum

David J. Rothman

Is it correct to say, "they can't make up their mind," or "they can't make up their minds"?

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October 16, 2010

"Lily-White Imbalances": Blatant Reverse Racism at Brooklyn College

Ashley Thorne

A faculty member's call for racial discrimination gives us a window into the shallow world of "diversity" in academe.

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October 15, 2010

Teaching College Students to Write

George Leef

Most college composition courses teach students "next to nothing" writes Troy Camplin in today's Pope Center piece. The problem is that most students have great deficits in their understanding o......

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October 15, 2010

$600 for "Teaching to Diversity" at CSU Chico

Ashley Thorne

Professors are invited to join a committee that will find ways to impose "diversity in the classroom."

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