In a post for Prospect, Christopher Fear asks why academic political theory is so remote from political practice. He concludes that it’s because political theorists devote themselves to eternal ...

To call something an “academic question” is, for most people, a put-down. But to anyone at a university, it’s a redundancy. A scholar spends a lifetime exploring difficult questions. In the classroom, ...

It is often said that Eskimos have a hundred words for varieties of snow. Actually, no. The exact number is in dispute, though informed estimates place the figure at more than a dozen. In any case, ...

In July 1971, Harvard psychology professor Richard J. Herrnstein penned an article for Atlantic Monthly titled “I.Q.” in which he endorsed the theories of UC Berkeley psychologist Arthur Jensen, who ...

When my daughters were in high school, they both played on various teams. Soccer, cross-country running, cross-country skiing and tennis. Games and tournaments often started in the late afternoon.

These questions and answers build on my earlier piece that argued that Learning Innovation Is Evolving Into an Academic Discipline. Question 1: What is the big problem or question that this new ...

Teachers no longer hear only questions about lessons. They hear worry, fatigue, and fear. What reaches the teacher’s desk today is less about unfinished homework and more about unfinished calm.This is ...

Men ask more questions then women in academic conferences and are more visible. Roads Academy Masterclass, Warwick University, November 2010. HA1-000602/Flickr, CC BY-SA Why should we be concerned ...