Samantha Hedges, Ph.D.

Fascinated by humans; allergic to certainty; trying to figure out what it means to be educated
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[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

"Without a recognition that some things are true and some false, some actions right and others wrong, young people in particular are at risk of conforming their opinions to the opinions of those they look up to and follow"
https://t.co/w1gZwrOqHA

[PLURIBUS @PluribusPub]

In a column featured in @Discourse_Mag, @EDUThirdspace argues for teaching our young people a "doctrine of objective value" so they are properly prepared to either agree or disagree with the claims of internet gurus.

https://t.co/DmHeArOLJx

[PLURIBUS @PluribusPub]

Today's E-Pluribus newsletter features commentary from Samantha Hedges (@EDUthirdspace), Sadanand Dhume (@dhume), and even an anonymous Canadian parent. More in the thread below:

https://t.co/91KuQoGjKG

[Christina Behe @ChristinaMBehe]

Today on @Discourse_Mag, @EDUthirdspace discusses C.S. Lewis’s “The Abolition of Man” and why young people today are particularly vulnerable to propaganda and misinformation. https://t.co/dGzuJWOCum

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

My latest on Substack: Cal Newport on deep work & how to integrate such work into a classroom...
"To build your working life around the experience of flow produced by deep work is a proven path to deep satisfaction." - @ProfCalNewport
https://t.co/g5DuLtgilO

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

My latest on Substack: "Loss of hope opens the door for despair; the presence of a child is a hedge against that despair." https://t.co/jfTBXJvJXg

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

"The physical, material world is a mysterious place to many people ... With depression and anxiety on the rise, and fragility becoming more and more obvious ... one has to wonder what is the impact of avoiding reality."
https://t.co/SSPYuv9l8j

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

Rowe's central message: "[youth] have the power to choose their path in life, and the role of educators is to help young people realize their agency—'the force of one's free will guided by moral discernment.'" @IanVRowe on what it means to be educated (https://t.co/nJ2EWwuwHy)

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

One means of building trust between parents and education systems is through deliberation. The further away policy decisions are made, the harder it is to build trust. Great article in @NationalAffairs, with my views on the purpose of schooling cited.
https://t.co/5z7flEfI2N

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

My latest on Substack: "By watching [my daughter] struggle, and letting her, I am helping her build resiliency. She gets upset, but she recovers...This, in my view, is one of the most important jobs of a parent."
https://t.co/LgOf6S1ngf

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

1. On Florida HB 999, @Edsall quotes two scholars who have each made strong arguments against DEI, and even stronger arguments against DeSantis's illiberal response. Here's @AmnaUncensored, who is always so clear and eloquent on academic freedom:

https://t.co/6FfuGZKTa1

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

On Substack: "young liberals who are experiencing higher rates of depression are reading and listening to catastrophizing messages from politicians, celebrities, and their peers, and ... they are also getting these messages in schools from their teachers"
https://t.co/zDpHi5qrhT

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

New on Substack: "In the eyes of some, he was lifting kids up, in the eyes of others, he was creating narcissists. What often goes missing from both praise and criticism of Mister Rogers is his emphasis on self-discipline."
https://t.co/1SC0c9llNM

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

When I was 17, two of my friends and I took a Greyhound back to Indiana from Florida, with a midnight stop in Atlanta. We had to take precautions to be safe, of course, but we were prepared for it because ... we were free range kids.

[Lenore Skenazy @FreeRangeKids]

WHAT??? Airline just told friend his daughters, 14 & 16, can't travel as unaccompanied minors bec it's not a nonstop flight. Adult MUST accompany them.
How is a 40 yo more competent than a 16 yo at changing planes or plans?
Even a SNAFU is not automatically unsafe. Its LIFE.

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

My latest on Substack: "But amid the growing backlash against how DEI initiatives are executed ... anti-DEI initiatives, if you will, have emerged. Are they just capitalizing on the disaster that is DEI?"
https://t.co/yMXtQZrOOo

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

I guess self-publishing is the better move to ensure your work is not butchered.

[Heather E Heying @HeatherEHeying]

Roald Dahl's publisher changing his words after his death.

Apparently we have perfect insight into what is good and right, having attained purity. It is only past people who made errors, had secrets, believed things that weren’t true.

We are a confused and arrogant people.

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

Starting at age 12, I was the baby-sitter of my 3 younger siblings. I learned a lot about being responsible and caring for others.

[Lenore Skenazy @FreeRangeKids]

WHAT EXPERTS ARE SAYING a kid must be 12 before they are "LEFT ALONE"?

A generation ago, 12-y.o.s were THE BABYSITTERS!

WE CANNOT KEEP UNDERMINING KIDS' confidence, development and FREEDOM by acting as if 12 is the new 2!

Join @LetGrowOrg !

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

The assumption seems to be that parents will not act in their child's best interest. In the hospital, after giving birth to my daughter, we were treated like idiots. Perhaps some parents really are coming into the role blind, but should the state assume all of them are?

[Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald]

Should parents have the right to decide for themselves and their own children at what age their kids are ready to use social media and how, or should that decision be removed from parents and be decided instead by the state?

The banner of "parental rights" has been waved a lot:

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

On Substack: "Allowing children to do things on their own, discovering and exercising their independence in their neighborhood and community, when and where appropriate, is a primary ingredient to raising capable and resilient adults."
https://t.co/QHSIQH11MY
CC @FreeRangeKids

[Samantha Hedges, Ph.D. @EDUthirdspace]

My latest on Substack: "Making decisions based on data is all well and good, but what counts most in life cannot be measured and presented with a tidy bow wrapped around it."
https://t.co/jkilFRQrDL