Words of Wisdom
As Frank Bruni notes, giving a good commencement speech isn’t easy. For every brilliant address from the likes of David Foster Wallace, you get a lot of Joe Biden, or worse. Yet the form endures–people...
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“Meaningful education reform.” Connecticut lawmakers approved an education overhaul in the wee hours Tuesday morning that will devote $100 million more toward K-12 education and “intensive supports and...
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Why hide data? For the first time, Jay Matthews includes a sampling of private schools in his annual High School Challenge Index. But he questions why many schools are reluctant to participate. As...
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What commencement speeches leave out. Now that graduation season has arrived, it is important to note the things that aren’t said in commencement speeches, but should be. Graduates should remember the...
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You owe it to the Chinese. Stephen Colbert gives the 2013 Valedictory Address at the University of Virginia and tells students they don’t owe the previous generation anything and to choose the hard...
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