A Native writer struggling against the ignorance of white culture finds that her stories are her lifeline, her wounds are her power, and though the scales have been weighted against her in almost every way, there are many reasons to survive.
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Dana Goldstein reviews the long, strange history of testing and education science, from phrenology to today’s value-added measurement.
Historical research from the Netherlands suggests they outlived other members of their socioeconomic class in past centuries.
Researchers mining a Google books database report a decline in mood-related words in English-language books over the past 100 years.
Whether it's from Irish-American high school teachers or vice presidents reporting from underground bunkers, Americans have a taste for others' personal experiences.
No country is an island, a poet might say, but the insularity of the U.S. has raised some hackles.