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News for Parents
Here we will periodically reference news and commentary involving education, societal trends, and advice to Christian parents. Most articles are from the Wall Street Journal and their education reporters. COME ON IN ...
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bozacmj
Aug 28, 20211 min read
Teachers Making a Difference
We all have teachers who've made a difference in our lives, often on their own dime, but sad that so much money for education never gets...
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bozacmj
Aug 22, 20211 min read
Time to Let Them Go Mom
You had 18 years to train them for life success. Continuing to defer adult behavior is counterproductive. College is supposed to mean...
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bozacmj
Aug 14, 20211 min read
A Smart Phone for Your Kids?
Lots of good information for parents pondering the smart phone decision. https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-childs-first-smartphone-a-guid...
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bozacmj
Aug 10, 20211 min read
Vigilance Needed for College Admission
For the upcoming fall semester, AU received more than 30,000 freshmen and transfer applicants, equal to our current ENTIRE enrollment....
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bozacmj
Aug 6, 20211 min read
Mark Zuckerberg Defeated Simone Biles
Parents Alert: It was clear 10 years ago that something new was going off the rails with young people. When people ask me "What is the...
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bozacmj
Aug 4, 20211 min read
Financial implications of Career Choices
Years of tuition increases have made many professional careers a fast way to get buried in debt. Heed the words of Dylan Boigris, a 2016...
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bozacmj
Aug 2, 20211 min read
Obsessing Over Approval
Parent Alert: When being a "U-Tube" star is the most common career aspiration for 8- to 12-year-olds, there is a problem....
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bozacmj
Jul 29, 20211 min read
Cost of the COVID School Shutdowns
Parents: A new McKinsey study examined spring 2021 test results for 1.6 million students in grades 1 through 6 across the U.S., then...
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bozacmj
Jul 26, 20211 min read
NEVER Underestimate a Nerd
Had to smile at this win for Anna Kiesenhofer, an unknown in major league cycling circles. There is winning by brute force, and there is...
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bozacmj
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Calling Any Practical Skills?
Boy, do students today need some practical, common-sense skills. Quit the helicopter parenting mom and teach your kids some of the...
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bozacmj
Jul 17, 20211 min read
Community College the Smart Choice for Many Students
Currently, 41% of all undergraduates in the U.S. are enrolled in community colleges, including 39% of first-time freshmen. Those numbers...
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bozacmj
Jul 13, 20211 min read
Stop Aiming Low
So we try to dumb-down our best schools by discriminating against Asians? Why not instead bring our domestic students up to higher...
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bozacmj
Jul 11, 20211 min read
Some Humor Amidst the Pandemic
Humorous and instructive reflections of what kids think after watching their parents work during the pandemic....
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bozacmj
Jul 10, 20211 min read
The Price for Ivy Ego
Beware: Columbia and other top universities push master’s programs that fail to generate enough income for graduates to keep up with...
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bozacmj
Jul 8, 20211 min read
The Woke Teacher's Unions
Every parent concerned about their child's education should read . . . https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-teachers-unions-go-woke-116256977...
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bozacmj
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Too Much Entitlement, Not Enough Ditch Digging
I could have written this article by Fay Vincent. Very similar lessons learned during my summer job manually loading trucks for long-haul...
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bozacmj
Jun 24, 20211 min read
Open Discourse in College? Well I'll Be...
It's amazing someone has to write about this as thought it's novel; open discourse should be the norm in every college classroom....
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bozacmj
Jun 19, 20211 min read
Luring Them Back To Campus?
Hundreds of thousands of students who graduated from high school last spring veered off the path to higher education, diverted by the...
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bozacmj
Jun 11, 20211 min read
Taking a Pass on Ivy League Graduates
CEO's are less inclined to hire graduates from America’s elite universities because they are traumatized by “insensitivity" and unlikely...
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bozacmj
Jun 6, 20211 min read
Internships and the Pandemic
Parents: Recruiters say the pandemic has made interning more important than ever in landing a job after graduation. Encourage your kids...
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