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'Serious Subjects' vs. 'Frills'

My son's mid-semester report came last week. The news was that he's doing fine in everything but humanities and art...

WE LOVE OUR STIMULANTS IN THIS COUNTRY

"Medical school is the wrong place to train psychiatrists," writes Daniel Carlat in his new book, Unhinged: The Trouble with...

Be a Jack or Jill of All Trades

Don't depend on one résumé to tell your whole story, especially if you're applying for multiple sorts of jobs, Jessica Quillin writes. Preparing two is extra work, but it's worth it.

Why 'Writing'?

What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. These lines...

Definition: Foie Gras Blogger

Someone who periodically sends group e-mails containing material better suited to blog posts. Due to the sender’s relationship to recipients...

End of Semester Haiku

End of Semester Haiku beautiful weathercranky students and teachersexam week is coming! breakfasts and dinnerscelebrate great and good thingsevery frickin'...

Curricular Media Platforms?

Can somebody help me get a handle on the curricular media platform landscape? A colleague of mine uses the short-hand...

Math Geek Mom: A Meeting 140 Years in the Making

The idea of a tangent line is central to many aspects of mathematics. In geometry, we study when a line...