Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 04, 2018

From the Archives: Arlington schools need history bridge (1996)

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This article appeared in The Washington Times on December 4, 1996, under the headline "Arlington schools need history bridge." A...
Saturday, April 07, 2018

From the Archives - 'Teaching Geography: A Valuable Enterprise' (1997)

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I first wrote about this topic in the late 1980s. This article appeared in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot on April 7, 1997, under the headline...
Wednesday, December 13, 2017

From the Archives: 'School Training for Civil Defense' (1981)

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Some background may shed light on this 1981 article, retrieved from my paper archives.  Fortunately the story behind it has already been tol...
Sunday, December 10, 2017

Guest Post: Blocks are still the best present you can buy children for Christmas

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Kym Simoncini , University of Canberra and Kevin Larkin , Griffith University With Christmas looming, many people will be considering wh...
Wednesday, April 05, 2017

From the Archives: Kennedy Center chief Michael Kaiser touts economic benefits of arts education

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Publisher's note: This article was originally published on Examiner.com on April 5, 2011. The Examiner.com publishing platform was dis...
Friday, July 22, 2016

From the Archives: Lamar Alexander honored for his work promoting civics, history education

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Publisher's note: This article was originally published on Examiner.com on March 5, 2015. The Examiner.com publishing platform was disc...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

Voters get the ignorant elected officials they deserve

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James Madison's Montpelier is hosting a workshop for educators about how to teach history and government better. NBC29 has the story : ...
Thursday, July 24, 2014

Adventures in the Land of the Mathematically Challenged

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A letter to the editor in today's Daily Progress tries to draw attention to the problem of expensive housing in the Charlottesville ar...
Tuesday, December 03, 2013

Georgetown's Mask & Bauble Launches Fundraising Drive to Light Stage III

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Just in time for #GivingTuesday (which follows #BlackFriday, #SmallBusinessSaturday, and #CyberMonday), the Mask & Bauble Dramatic Socie...
Tuesday, October 15, 2013

From the Archives: 'Don't Let the Feds Be Thought Police'

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This article was originally published in the Roanoke Times & World News on April 9, 1991, under the all-caps headline "DON'T L...
Thursday, August 01, 2013

Victoria's Secret Elementary School

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Year after year, as Virginia's annual "tax free" back-to-school shopping weekend rolls around, I find a reason to take aim at ...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Jim Webb Visits PVCC

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Earlier today, U.S. Senator Jim Webb (D-Virginia) visited the campus of Piedmont Virginia Community College near Charlottesville. Webb...