Education
Worse than dumbest?
Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about the 10-year anniversary of Mark Bauerlein‘s book, The Dumbest Generation. A growing body of research shows that IQs and intellectual abilities have steadily…
The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)
Education
The dumbest generation?
Those who read Mark Bauerlein’s book with that title might appreciate historian Niall Ferguson’s latest Newsweek column, in which he laments the fact that teens tend to read only tweets…
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Today’s Carolina Journal Online features
This week’s Carolina Journal Online Friday interview features a conversation with Emory University English professor Mark Bauerlein about his recent book, The Dumbest Generation. Troy Kickler’s guest Daily Journal examines…
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Dumb teens and expensive flushes
A recent Carolina Journal book review from Associate Editor David Bass attracted attention this week from WITN Television’s Dave Jordan. Jordan blogged about key themes from Bass’ review of the…
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This weekend on Carolina Journal Radio
State lawmakers return to Raleigh for the 2009 legislative session in the next week. Becki Gray will explain some of the key issues those lawmakers will face, when she appears…
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Dissecting education issues
In general, North Carolina’s public school systems are not particularly “parent-friendly.” That’s the conclusion John Locke Foundation Education Policy Analyst Terry Stoops reached in a recent report. The Greensboro News…
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Bass and Bauerlein
WPTF Radio’s morning show listeners will have a chance Friday morning to hear David Bass discuss today’s CJ Online exclusive. David is slated to be on the air about 7:20…
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Today’s Carolina Journal Online features
Today’s Carolina Journal Online exclusive features David Bass’ report about a recent Chapel Hill lecture featuring Mark Bauerlein, author of The Dumbest Generation. John Hood’s Daily Journal focuses on same…
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The Dumbest Generation
You might remember George Leef reviewing a book by that title earlier this year. George and his Pope Center colleagues joined the UNC-CH College Libertarians last night to host a…
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Bauerlein at UNC-CH
The Pope Center and the UNC-Chapel Hill Libertarians will jointly host a lecture by Mark Bauerlein at UNC-Chapel Hill on November 19. Bauerlein, a professor of English at Emory University…
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Bloggers take note
The Blogger News Network posted this week Locke Foundation Policy Analyst and Research Editor Jon Sanders‘ most recent TownHall.com column on humor involving presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. Meanwhile,…
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A “must read” book: The Dumbest Generation
In this week’s Clarion Call, I review Professor Mark Bauerlein’s new book The Dumbest Generation, an unflattering look at America’s youth today. While it has always been the case that…