A recently released study graded institutions of higher education by “return on investment.” But are these numbers meaningful?
Author: gcalder
Beware encroaching government powers
In 1813 in the midst of a war, Pennsylvania considered legislation that would have virtually reinstituted slavery in the Commonwealth. We still exhibit these reactionary tendencies in times of crisis. Witness sb1070, Arizona’s new law.
Giving disaster a name
“The Great Gulf Oil Disaster of 2010”
Sailing solo: my tenth graders’ take on Jessica Watson’s voyage
A 16 year old sails around the world. Does it matter that she’s a girl?
U.S. interest in Haiti isn’t selfless
Students consider the ramifications of Haiti becoming a failed state.
Harvard-trained murderer?
Loose use of Ivy League labels is a strange and telling American habit.
Remember the Grimké sisters
Profiles of three extraordinary 19th century women with Philadelphia ties
An unsporting plot indeed
a lesson from 1938 on the rules of engagement in the 21st century
Two debates over marriage
A student’s paper draws connections between the controversies over miscegenation in the 1950s and 1960s and gay marriage today.
The most important moment of all time?
thoughts on the role of technology in education