“So many people think that social studies and weird lessons in social studies, teaching kids in America are bad, is it the result of Common Core? And it's not. It's not. Common Core does not deal with social studies. It's basically writing and math.” PeopleThinkingWritingDoeKidsAmericaSocialResultsDealsCommonStudyTeachingLessonsMathCoreSocial StudiesTeaching KidsCommon Core Author:Megyn Kelly
“The New York Times columnist, Thomas Friedman, cited Haqqani to make the argument that Guantánamo must be shut down. He wrote:“Husain Haqqani, a thoughtful Pakistani scholar now teaching at Boston University, remarked to me: 'When people like myself say American values must be emulated and America is a bastion of freedom, we get Guantánamo Bay thrown in our faces. When we talk about the America of Jefferson and Hamilton, people back home say to us: 'That is not the America we are dealing with. We are dealing with the America of imprisonment without trial.'” PeopleHomeAmericaFacesValuesTeachingNew YorkArgumentUniversityTrialsThoughtfulThrownScholarBostonNew York TimesBack HomeImprisonmentColumnistsHamiltonAmerican ValuesBoston University Author:Husain Haqqani
“If I ever write an autobiography about teaching meditation in the West, I'll call it "Pissing In the Wind - Teaching Buddhism in America".” IfsWritingAmericaMeditationTeachingWindBuddhismWestAutobiographyRama Author:Frederick Lenz
“The teachers in America need to be applauded every day because they save the lives of kids!” NeedsKidsAmericaTeacherTeaching Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“Excellent Sheep is likely to makea lasting mark for three reasons. One, Mr. Deresiewicz spent twenty-four years in the Ivy League, graduating from Columbia and teaching for a decade at Yale.He brings the gory details. Two, the author is a striker, to put it in soccer terms. He's a vivid writer, a literary critic whose headers tend to land in the back corner of the net. Three, his indictment arrives on wheels: He takes aim at just about the entirety of upper-middle-class life in America.Mr. Deresiewicz's book is packed full of what he wants more of in American life: passionate weirdness.” WantYearsTwoBookReasonAmericaThreeTermClassFourTeachingLandMiddleMarkTwentiesAimCriticsPassionateDetailsCornersDecadesSoccerExcellentLeagueWheelsMiddle ClassLastingFour YearsGraduatesSheepVividIvyAmerican LifeWeirdnessYaleColumbiaEntiretyIndictmentIvy LeagueStrikersUpper Middle ClassMiddle Class Life Author:Dwight Garner