Emily Oster’s new book wades through the data on questions relevant to many parents of school-age kids. But the book is less about the data itself and more about how to frame decisions on these topics and others in the most effective, logical and efficient way.
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
Elizabeth Grace Matthew works in higher education. She holds a B.A. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in English literature from Penn State University, and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
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Jordan Peterson is telling young white men what many of us already know: Neverland is a lie.
For some young white men with sufficient academic ability to comprehend Peterson’s writing and lectures, it is actually news that the worry-free irresponsibility offered in the seeming safety of Neverland has psychological, emotional and spiritual consequences.
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Curtis Sittenfeld and the art of political fiction
Reality is messier than than fiction that reduces historical figures like Hillary Clinton to the sum of her most oversimplified virtues and vices.
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Why ‘feeling right’ on race is not—and has never been—enough
In 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe made feeling right on race easy, righteous and comfortable, all at once. We face the same trap today.
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Gen-X women can’t ‘have it all’ after all
Generation X came of age in a culture awash in dreams of women’s perpetual and idealized childhood being sold as feminist empowerment.
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It’s time to do away with the idea of ‘parenting’
I do not mean that we need to stop having children. I mean that we need to stop engaging in the practices that have coincided with the widespread usage of “parent” as a verb.
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Marie Kondo’s road to a tidy (and examined) life
The queen of ‘tidying’ is captivating audiences with this question: What do you truly value?
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“Little Women”: What Louisa May Alcott’s classic can teach us about female empowerment
The various arguments around Little Women have long boiled down to: does the novel empower women, or does it oppress them?