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Natalie Wexler

Natalie Wexler  is the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System—and How to Fix It, and the coauthor with Judith C. Hochman of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades. She has written about education for Forbes, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and other publications.

Why So Many Kids Struggle to Learn

Why So Many Kids Struggle to Learn

Teachers continue to be trained in ways that ignore the findings of cognitive science

by Natalie Wexler | Tuesday, December 14, 2021
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The Case for Love

Did the friendship of an early Supreme Court justice and the wife of a colleague ever cross the line of propriety?

by Natalie Wexler | Thursday, June 01, 2006

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I Can’t Get That Monster Out of My Mind

by Joan Didion

In this Autumn 1964 essay, the late Joan Didion takes the Hollywood film industry to task: “One problem is that American directors, with a handful of notable exceptions, are not much interested in style; they are at heart didactic,” she writes. “Ask what they plan to do with their absolute freedom, with their chance to make a personal statement, and they will pick an ‘issue,’ a ‘problem.’”

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