University “Teaching it is not a cheap or efficient process” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 March 2018 The value of universities to a capitalist society depends on their ability to resist...
Education, Israel “There is hardly another subject area in which people outside of the classroom feel so comfortable influencing what, when, how and by whom it can be taught to our students” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 September 2016 There is hardly another subject area in which people outside of the classroom feel...
Education “It turns developing-world hardship into a prose-ready opportunity for growth, empathy into an extracurricular activity” Author Drew Kaplan Date 8 September 2016 …something that has long bothered me and other critics of that process: the persistent...
Education, University “…we can’t insist on a level of purity that makes it impossible for our teachers to teach” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 September 2016 As learners, we can’t allow our embarrassment, our sense of disempowerment, our sense of...
Education, Hasidim ” The end result…is the institutionalizing of ignorance and poverty not out of principle but out of neglect” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 December 2015 This is not about a community’s right to religious freedom. So far, chasidic communities...
Entertainment, Ideas “Be very careful with the students that are sent to the office because one day you will have to go see them in their office” Author Drew Kaplan Date 15 December 2014 “My father, of blessed memory, was an educator, and he told me to be...
Education “The Gaza war presents Jewish schools with a teachable moment, a time to explore with their students…the asymmetrical struggle in which Israel is engaged and the surge in hatred confronting Jews…in many parts of the world” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 November 2014 As they formulate a school response to the war, educators might consider three important...
Education When Mathematical Innumeracy Affects Hamburger Choices Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 August 2014 One of the most vivid arithmetic failings displayed by Americans occurred in the early...
Education A problem with how math is taught in America Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 August 2014 Most American math classes follow the same pattern, a ritualistic series of steps so...
Education, Teachers “Why do teachers have so little voice in their profession?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 August 2014 Why do teachers have so little voice in our profession? I suspect it’s a...