by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 5, 2019 | Opinion
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on April 17, 2015. It is republished today in recognition of April as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. A series focused on genocide will appear on EthicsDaily.com next week. Genocide is a term now recognized...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Mar 11, 2019 | Opinion
Standardized tests assess whether students have achieved grade-level knowledge and skills, thus determining how well teachers are educating children at grade-level. Or do they? The effectiveness of standardized testing has long been debated, with a recent article in...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Feb 15, 2019 | Opinion
Standardized testing is making headlines in Texas, with legislators considering tying increased funding for K-12 schools to test results. “Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick have said they want to avoid ‘throwing’ money at schools without demanding better...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 4, 2019 | Opinion
More than 16,000 pieces of content exist in the EthicsDaily.com archives. When looking into our website redesign this past year, moving over and organizing the large amount of content housed on the site was a leading consideration in the proposals we reviewed. Without...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Jan 2, 2019 | Opinion
A politics of purity versus a politics of compassion. That was the fundamental disagreement between the Pharisees and Jesus, according to biblical scholar Marcus Borg (1942-2015) in his book, “Conflict, Holiness and Politics in the Teachings of Jesus.” “Conflict...
