Nicholas Tampio
Aeon Magazine
New York, NY, United States
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Look up from your screen
Children learn best when their bodies are engaged in the living world. We must resist the ideology of screen-based learning → Read More
Treat people as citizens
How a generation of political thinkers has underestimated the abilities of ordinary people and undermined democracy → Read More
Not all things wise and good are philosophy
I have published widely on Islamic political thought, including an encyclopedia entry on the topic. Reading the Quran, Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), philosophy (falsafa) and Ibn Khaldun’s history of the premodern world, the Muqaddimah (1377), has ... → Read More
Dewey knew how to teach democracy and we must not forget it – Nicholas Tampio
He knew how to protect democracy – not by rote and rules but by growing independent-minded kids. Let us not forget it → Read More
Teaching ‘grit’ is bad for children, and bad for democracy
According to the grit narrative, children in the United States are lazy, entitled and unprepared to compete in the global economy. Schools have contributed to the problem by neglecting socio-emotional skills. The solution, then, is for schools to ... → Read More
Education Reform and the Asian Values Debate
The emergence of tutoring businesses all across neighborhoods in the United States is the result of American policymakers’ obsession with test-based education reform. → Read More
OPINION: Congress and Obama feign a course correction on testing
The Every Student Succeeds Act uses new techniques to enforce a widely despised educational paradigm → Read More
OPINION: Democratic Party elites have abandoned public education
Too many Democrats advocate education reforms that affect other people’s children → Read More
OPINION: There is no such thing as free community college
The skills agenda distorts higher education for working-class Americans → Read More
College Ratings and the Idea of the Liberal Arts
Many political and economic elites view liberal arts degrees as frivolous and want college to focus strictly on preparing graduates to make money. → Read More
The False Promise of Core Knowledge
The Common Core famously emphasizes evidence-based reading and writing. For Common Core assignments and exams, students only get full credit if they answer questions using evidence from the passage under consideration. Why? → Read More
OPINION: Don’t make a mountain out of PISA scores
The international standardized test skews educational priorities → Read More
David Coleman’s plan to ruin education
In the summer of 2008, David Coleman changed the course of American education. For decades, reformers had argued that the country needed a national standards-based model of education to ensure economic prosperity. He helped make that a reality by convincing Bill Gates to support the Common Core State Standards initiative, to the tune of over $200 million. In part because of his experience… → Read More
Why Zephyr Teachout Should Triumph
Teachout favors publicly funded elections, as did Teddy Roosevelt, as do most Americans. The problem with expensive campaigns is that politicians are often beholden to the individuals and corporations that fund them.... → Read More
Smoke, Mirrors, and the Common Core
Politicians cannot make the Common Core problem disappear with smoke and mirrors. Sooner or later, most people will admit that the Common Core experiment has failed. Why wait?... → Read More
Why Are Parents Revolting Against the Common Core? Start With the English Curriculum
The Common Core ELA curriculum does not treat teachers or students with dignity. Lest you think that teachers can afford to ignore the modules, consider this fact. The Race to the Top program requires states to use value added modeling in teacher ev... → Read More
The Problem With the Common Core Math Standards
When discussing politics, citizens should speak to one another as clearly and sincerely as possible. Right now, the Common Core literature uses technical terms and tortuous prose to sell an educational philosophy that may not deliver what it promises. → Read More