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Teachers’ unions often do not like home educators because the government schools lose thousands of dollars of state and federal aid per student when home educators opt out—the National Education Association (NEA) annually passes a resolution condemning home education. School boards and parent-teacher associations regret the loss of some of the most involved parents from their midst. Social services case-workers, though great people in almost any other context, frequently distrust home educators or are unaware of state laws regarding home education and so harass those who practice it, including—full disclosure?...
...come pretty far?far from Wuhu, a city of 2 million people in China's Anhui province, where Zhao was born 28 years ago. Her father designed appliances; her mother was a teacher. "They were educated people. So I was raised to believe that if I didn't get an education, I wouldn't be worth anything...
...abilities, she screamed at me that I couldn't return it. She was so rude to me that I burst into tears. I was so naive. I really believed I was trying to return this thing and she wouldn't let me. So I cried and cried until the teacher said, 'All right, go take a rest.'" In fact, the teachers were impressed, "Because in China, if you can burst into tears at any time, that's considered a pretty rare skill...
...most famous artists of his age, known for the imagination and versatility of his work and patronized by the rich and powerful. The twist in the tale came four centuries later: Filippino's fame had long since faded when England's Pre-Raphaelites "discovered" the genius of his forgotten teacher, lavished praise on his lyrical style and rhythmic lines, and elevated him to the status of a Renaissance icon - Botticelli. Now master and student share the spotlight at Florence's Palazzo Strozzi, allowing art lovers to make their own assessment of who was the greater. "Botticelli and Filippino: Passion...
Steven Pinker is in your head. Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology and teacher of core du jour Science B-62, “The Human Mind,” Pinker appeals to people who aren’t budding neurosurgeons. Pinker’s PhD student and Human Mind Teaching Fellow Ned Sahin describes the class as aimed at students “who maybe don’t care about past tense verbs or the synapse between two neurons, who maybe don’t care about one facet of psychology, but who do want a user?...