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Bernard Nijstad: Group Work Not Very Productive

SRN PODCAST: Collaboration and group work are all the rage in education right now. But research indicates people do their best work individually. One of the latest such studies comes from the Netherlands, and was recently published in the European Journal of Social Psychology. Bernard Nijstad, a professor at the University of Groningen and one of the study’s coauthors, joins the podcast to discuss why teachers should be very careful about how they assign group projects and why parents should not accept an emphasis on “collaboration,” “group projects,” and “group work” in their kids’ schools.

Maureen Martin: The Truth About Armed Guards in Schools

LAW PODCAST: Maureen Martin, senior fellow for legal affairs at The Heartland Institute, talks with Jim Lakely about her latest piece in the Daily Caller titled "The Truth About Armed Guards in Schools."

Lew Andrews: Will Online Learning Undermine Liberal Bias?

SRN PODCAST~ Will the rise of online learning undermine liberalism’s control over education? Lewis Andrews thinks so. He joins the podcast to discuss his recent op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on the topic. There, Andrews writes, “As performance-based incentive structures spread, course designers and school-based curriculum directors will have to be more flexible, competitive and accountable. If history is any guide, the elevation of such workplace values will even make their way into the subjects being taught, emphasizing such conservative values as personal responsibility and entrepreneurship.” Andrews is an author and director of the Children’s Educational Opportunity Foundation, a privately funded scholarship program for poor and minority children in Connecticut. He has also recently written “Public Sector Unions vs. Local Politics.”

Michael LaFaive: 'Prohibition by Price' Drives Cigarette Smuggling

BTN PODCAST - It's no coincidence that states with the highest taxes on cigarettes have the highest rates of cigarette smuggling . . . and other crimes related to the trade in cigarettes to avoid high taxes, says Michael LaFaive of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

James Taylor: The Global Warming Debate

ECN PODCAST - James Taylor discusses his upcoming global warming debate with Ray Bellamy, M.D., a Tallahassee Orthopedic Surgeon.

Ben Domenech: Obamacare's Taxes

HCN PODCAST - Ben Domenech discusses Obamacare's new taxes.
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