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(Alt-) right and wrong: Brendan Novak on Charlottesville

The terrible events that occurred on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville and their ripple effects have been well-documented in media across the US and the world. What about the local media? Brendan Novak, an opinion editor for the Cavalier Daily, the University’s student newspaper, wrote this editorial a few days after the marches.

Read it here: Novak, “I was wrong about the ‘alt-right’”

 

“E Pluribus Dorm”: Conor Friedersdorf on dorm life at elite schools

Dorm life. Whether you love it or hate it, avoid or envy it, you likely don’t imagine it being very different from what it already is. Los Angeles Times staff writer Conor Friedersdorf proposes an interesting transformation of college dormitories in this July 2017 column.

Read it here: Friedersdorf, "Ban elite college dorms”

 

Not child’s play any more: Christopher Brown on changes in kindergarten curriculum

Did you memorize word lists and take tests in kindergarten? Probably not, but kindergartners in US schools today do. Clearly, not a very fun experience, but is such a direction pedagogically sound? Christopher Brown, early childhood educator and researcher, former kindergarten teacher, and father of three recent kindergartners, evaluates the changes in kindergarten curriculum in this April 2016 post on The Conversation.

Read it here: Brown, “Kindergartners get little time to play. Why does it matter?”