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How the Art of Baking Satisfies the Need for Science

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I never thought I’d be a scientist. When I was a kid, I wanted to be a chef. My mom was always cooking and baking, and she taught me a lot about preparing healthy and delicious foods, mostly from scratch. I grew up helping her in the kitchen and gradually became more independent in my cooking. I got to the point where I would cook breakfast for the whole family every morning throughout high school, and I took a lot of pride in that. […]

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The Reason for Social Distancing

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The events of this past week are mind-boggling to many of us. All of a sudden, colleges are asking their students to not return from spring break, cancelling face-to-face classes, cancelling athletic events, and completing the semester by asking faculty to teach out their classes online. […]

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How APUS Is Preparing for the Coronavirus

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As news continues to emerge about the coronavirus (COVID-19), we want to take this opportunity to let you—our students—know that your health and well-being are of utmost concern to us at American Public University System. We want to reassure you that American Public University System is making every effort to ensure that your studies will continue with no disruption or downtime. […]

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Improving the State of Public Trust in the News Media

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In an article written for The Atlantic in 1952, Harvard Law professor Arthur E. Sutherland said, “Too much of our news is one-dimensional, when truth has three dimensions (or maybe more); we still have inadequate defenses against men who try to load the news with propaganda; and in some fields the vast and increasing complexity of the news makes it continually more difficult…to tell the public what really happened.” […]

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How the Coronavirus Epidemic Has Affected Our Schools

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Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have put K-12 schools and daycare centers on alert and asked their administrators to take key steps to prepare for a potential coronavirus outbreak. Schools have been working closely with public health officials and deciding the best measures to take, including school closures. […]

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The Biggest Scandal in Education Is Hiding in Plain Sight

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Dan Weisberg’s recent commentary “The biggest scandal in education is hiding in plain sight,” posted on the Thomas B. Fordham Institute website, posits that there are huge grading inconsistencies across America’s high schools, and parents who rely on those grades are being misled by their schools and teachers. Weisberg writes that for millions of families, report cards are misleading and offer false confidence that children are well prepared for their futures. […]

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The Health Benefits of Enjoying a Hobby

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What do classic cars have to do with higher education? Well, after reading this blog article, I hope that you will come to the conclusion they have everything to do with higher education. We all have hobbies. Some people like to ski, go boating, or hike trails. Others hunt, fish, or do crafts. […]

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Sick to Debt: How Smarter Markets Lead to Better Care

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There have been many calls for transparency of costs/prices in healthcare in the United States, as well as proposals for changes in the manner in which healthcare is funded. The most recent major change in our healthcare system was the Affordable Care Act, passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in 2010. The ACA is also known as Obamacare. […]

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On the Sands of the Arabian Gulf

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For a little while, the world of my everyday was the place where the religious go to confront their genesis. I walked ancient lands of ageless beliefs where the patriarchs and pariahs, the messengers and messiahs, the baptized and the baptizers, once lived and loved and died. I met the modern-day Philistines — the people of Goliath — and the descendants of the Assyrians and Nubians. I stood in the Red Sea and the Dead Sea. […]

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Artificial Intelligence/AI

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Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

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