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Why good teachers allow a child’s mind to wander and wonder - Aeon A fifth-grade science class on a winter morning: the Sun is low, as is the teacher’s voice, and you’re just beginning to warm up. The teacher dances around a chart of the solar system, pointing now at this brightly coloured...

How History Classes Helped Create a 'Post-Truth' America - The Atlantic The author of Lies My Teacher Told Me discusses how schools’ flawed approach to teaching the country’s past affects its civic health. In 1995, the University of Vermont sociologist and historian James W. Loewen published a...