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The Oldest Hatred: Calling Out Antisemitism In Its Many Forms
/in Featured, Podcast Hubwonk /by Editorial StaffHubwonk host Joe Selvaggi talks with Boston Globe opinion writer Jeff Jacoby about the troubling increase in antisemitic incidents, including the recent attack on a Boston rabbi, and how our current political rancor fans the flames of bigotry nationwide.
Patterns Among Cape Cod Communities with a High Proportion of Private School Students
/0 Comments/in Blog, Blog: Education, Blog: School Choice, Blog: Transparency /by Nathan BornsteinIn Massachusetts, the association between education and demographic factors such as socioeconomic status can be elucidated by examining the New England City and Town Areas (NECTA) data. These data are from Pioneer Institute’s education data on MassAnalysis, part of the Institute’s MassWatch database. For social, economic, and geographical reasons, certain NECTAs may have higher or lower rates of literacy, education, and public-school students. In the Barnstable, or Cape Cod NECTA, trends among communities with a high proportion of private, homeschooled, or parochial students can be observed. Table 1 http://massanalysis.com/municipality/ The data reveal that Cape Cod appears to have a significant proportion of students who do not attend public schools, compared to other NECTAs in Massachusetts. The statewide […]
Elevating Liberal Democracy Above Fragmentation – 30 Resources for Citizens and Schools
/0 Comments/in COVID Education, COVID education resources, Featured, US History /by Jamie GassIn Pioneer’s ongoing series of blogs on curricular resources for parents, families, and teachers during COVID-19, this one focuses on: Elevating Liberal Democracy Above Fragmentation.
David Dyssegaard Kallick on the Facts about Immigration
/in Economic Opportunity, Featured, JobMakers /by Editorial StaffThis week on JobMakers, Host Denzil Mohammed talks with David Dyssegaard Kallick, Deputy Director of the nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank Fiscal Policy Institute and Assistant Visiting Professor at the Pratt Institute, on the impact of immigrants in local and national settings.
Independent Institute’s Dr. Morgan Hunter on Teaching Greco-Roman History to High Schoolers
/in Featured, Podcast /by Editorial StaffThis week on “The Learning Curve,” co-hosts Gerard Robinson and Cara Candal talk with Dr. Morgan Hunter, Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in California, and co-author with Dr. Victor Davis Hanson and Dr. Williamson Evers, of the white paper, Is It Time for a “490 B.C. Project”?: High Schoolers Need to Know Our Classical Heritage.