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SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

The most recent results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test—a standardized testing initiative designed to measure college students’ critical thinking skills—are not encouraging. This is a serious problem that educators need to understand and address. But, it turns out, teaching this skill is no easy task.

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Critical Thinking Skills Intellectual Development Testing 148

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APRIL 6, 2020

Over at Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, a New York public school named after the African-American civil rights leader that stresses intellectual development and social involvement, Jeff Palladino sits in his principal’s office for the last time in what promises to be a long while.

Schools 216

Schools Learning Intellectual Development Coaching 216

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

It turns out, this fledgling university has been quietly working on raising money and finding land for the campus—and testing out its unusual model. Those human needs include pastoral needs, intellectual development, socialization, those sorts of things. I think you gotta separate those things.

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