Jennifer Michael Hecht is the author of three history books and two volumes of poetry. Her bestseller, Doubt: A History, demonstrates a long, strong history of religious doubt. Hecht’s The End of the Soul won the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s 2004 Emerson Award “for scholarly studies that contribute significantly to interpretations of the intellectual and [...]
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Jennifer Michael Hecht Interview
January 6, 2012
Resources for Art
October 27, 2011
Most of our Resources articles direct you to databases of primary source materials that you may find useful when doing research for term papers and such. Once in a while, though, we like to share Resources with you that we think you will find valuable just for their own sake. We enjoy them, and we [...]
Gustavo Dudamel and El Sistema
August 24, 2011
Classical music lovers will probably know that Gustavo Dudamel is the recently appointed music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. But all those interested in education should take an interest in this remarkable young man. Mr. Dudamel, who is thirty years old, is certainly an excellent conductor. To see for yourself, watch this YouTube video [...]
The 10 Best Forgotten Books
August 17, 2011
The famous books that everyone has heard of—War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, A Tale of Two Cities—are famous for a good reason. Namely, they are classics. Meaning that they are so well written and provide the reader with such a depth of insight into the human condition that they bear reading and re-reading, by [...]
The 10 Top Educationally Enriching Foreign Films
August 15, 2011
At TheBestSchools.org, education includes challenging students to move out of their comfort zones. It is about growth and expanding one’s horizons. These days, movies are being increasingly incorporated into college curricula; however, all too often, professors use films as a way of pandering to students. They not only show a lot of Hollywood films in [...]
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