Tag: education
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Escaping Extremism: A Journey to Education
Tara Westover’s memoir “Educated” chronicles her escape from a cult-like upbringing defined by paranoia and abuse. Through education, she transforms her life, overcoming immense challenges to attend college and ultimately achieve a PhD at Cambridge. The narrative emphasizes the power of knowledge and self-discovery against an oppressive family background.
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Modern School Segregation: How Racial Inequality Still Shapes Public Education
We often think about segregated schools as a relic of America’s past, a form of racial oppression corrected by the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision in 1954. But in reality, segregation hasn’t disappeared; it merely appears in a different form. De facto segregation continues to persist, with many modern schools consisting of almost…
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