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March 10, 2009

Charles Murray and Progressive Education-Part 2

Tom Wood

In the second of this three-part series, Tom Wood connects Thorndike's theory (that all training is specific to the task at hand, and that there is no transfer of learning from one practice or f......

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March 9, 2009

Thirteen Is A Start

Peter Wood

The NAS applauds the Chronicle of Higher Education's awakening to the systematic "mistakes" of American colleges and universities.

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March 7, 2009

Hell for Brunch

Peter Wood

Hell comes to Princeton to discuss campus identity politics, the sustainability movement, and Obama's everyone-goes-to-college plan.

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March 6, 2009

Friday Frenemies

Ashley Thorne

Lesboprof weighs in, Churchill and Ayers, new social justice core, Barbie turns 50, and articles of the day

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