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The Ignorance of Ignorance

“Not ignorance, but the ignorance of ignorance is the death of knowledge.” - Alfred North Whitehead My first year of teaching I had a realization that helped me throughout my years as a classroom teacher, and life in general. I was warned about Jimmy, my fourth grade student.

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Tolerance: Why You Should Acknowledge What You Don’t Know

The truth is, maybe you and I don’t know all about it. And the next time we think we do, let’s take a good, hard look instead.

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U.S. Department of Education Acts to Quell Religion-based Bullying in the Nation’s Schools

“Few issues in American public life engender more controversy than religion and public education,” says Americans United for Separation of Church and State. In the context of the 1960s, that meant the national uproar over Bible study and recitation of the Lord’s Prayer in public schools.

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What Faith In Our Schools Really Means

I have good friends who are Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Buddhist, and many more who are still searching and haven’t quite made up their minds.

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What Does it Take to Maintain Freedom of Religion Against Hatred and Intolerance?

I was 28 when I met Gunnar and Lois and their son Anders. When they asked me what I thought about Nixon and Watergate, I had to buy an English-language news magazine to find out what they were talking about.

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Vulture.com’s Hillary Kelly Alarmed That Members of Other Faiths Shop at Her Grocery Store

On behalf of Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination, I write to express our profound disgust at the marginalizing, ignorant, bigoted jargon you employ in your article “The Vow Recap: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.”

People Magazine’s Brianne Tracy Serves as Mouthpiece for Leah Remini’s Antireligious Hate

Leah Remini advocated for the opposite, personally insisting upon not getting an education by skipping class and demanding permission from her mother to drop out of school.