No. 1
Teaching
Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things
Intelligence doesn’t protect you from false beliefs. Only reasoning does. And we’re not teaching it.
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No. 2
public schools
The revolution will not be stupid
I have a cure for America's most existential illness
No. 3
education
Life fell apart for me. It won't for them.
I celebrate schools like these because it's personal. The opportunities they provide could have saved my life if I had found them at seventeen.
No. 4
history
"If God don’t do something to straighten out America, then God owes Sodom and Gomorrah an apology"
Remembering Dick Gregory and how is comedic genius had teeth
No. 5
Healthcare
Are You Stupid?
Stupidity is endemic—but it doesn’t have to be shameful.
No. 6
education
A pandemic of stupid
Every American has a civic responsibility to fight ignorance and lazy thinking
No. 7
Teaching
We Are The System Now
We have more tools than ever in history to educate our children - and ourselves - for survival and thriving
No. 8
education
The Great Unraveling
How the bipartisan center of education reform was destroyed by extremes on both sides, leaving student achievement—the only thing that matters—as the biggest casualty
No. 9
Climate
What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety.
Students have big feelings about climate change. Most teachers don’t know how to help.
No. 10
college
Amid Israel-Hamas war, colleges draw lines on faculty free speech
The conflict in Gaza has rekindled efforts to control ‘controversy and conversation on campuses.’ The University of California system could be the latest to weigh in