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Trigger warnings in the college classroom don’t work

John Fea   |  September 17, 2021

Here is Amma Khalid (Carleton College historian) and Jeffrey Aaron Snyder (Carleton College education professor) at The Chronicle Review: The origins of trigger warnings date to the 1970s, when post-traumatic stress disorder was codified as a psychiatric condition, the symptoms […]

University of Georgia professor quits mid-class after student refuses to properly wear her mask

John Fea   |  August 28, 2021

His name is Irwin Bernstein. Here is Danie Kalaji atThe Red & Black: A University of Georgia retiree-rehire professor resigned on Tuesday after one of his students refused to properly wear a mask in an upper division psychology seminar class […]

What do Americans really think about critical race theory?

John Fea   |  July 23, 2021

According to an Reuters-Ipsos poll 43% of Americans said they are “familiar” with critical race theory. 30% have never heard of it. Other findings from this poll: 24 % of Americans know about the 1619 Project. 22% know about the […]

Florida history teacher: “I do not teach critical race theory”

John Fea   |  June 30, 2021

Jessica Morey teaches African-American history, Advanced Placement U.S. history, A.P. U.S. government, and economics at St. Francis Catholic High School in Gainesville, Florida. She says she does not teach critical race theory. In a recent piece at The Gainesville Sun, […]

John McWhorter on critical race theory and what is happening in schools under the name of “critical race theory”

John Fea   |  June 17, 2021

The Columbia University professor lets it rip, as he is prone to do, at his Substack newsletter. A lot of things worth considering here. McWhorter has always made a lot of sense to me on this issue. Here is a […]

Out of the Zoo: The ones who have taught me everything

Annie Thorn   |  May 5, 2021

Annie Thorn is a senior history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home. As part of her internship she writes a weekly column titled “Out of the Zoo.” It focuses on life as a history […]

Out of the Zoo: Saying Goodbye

Annie Thorn   |  April 21, 2021

Annie Thorn is senior history major from Kalamazoo, Michigan and our intern here at The Way of Improvement Leads Home.  As part of her internship she is writing a weekly column titled “Out of the Zoo.” It focuses on life as a […]

Our own Annie Thorn wins the Ernest L. Boyer Teacher Scholarship Award!

John Fea   |  April 16, 2021

Every year Messiah University awards The Ernest L. Boyer Teacher Scholarship Award. The Boyer Award seeks to recognize an exemplary teacher certification student who has an outstanding record of service and academic achievement; who possesses exemplary personal characteristics and promise; […]

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