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The Atlantic A popular theory that some people learn better visually or aurally keeps getting debunked. China Stringer Network / Reuters In the early ’90s, a New Zealand man named Neil Fleming decided to sort through something that had puzzled him during his time monitoring classrooms as a school inspector. In the course of watching 9,000 different classes, he noticed that only some teachers were able to reach each and every one of their students. What were they doing differently? Fleming zer...

The Atlantic Homeroom: My Daughter’s Teacher Is Making Her Hate School I’ve told her that Ms. G is struggling with her own issues in the pandemic. But getting her out the door is still a nightmare. ELENA XAUSA Editor’s Note: Every Tuesday, Abby Freireich and Brian Platzer take questions from readers about their kids’ education. Have one? Email them at homeroom@theatlantic.com. Dear Abby and Brian, I’m a working-from-home mother doing my best to get my two daughters (ninth and fourth g...

The Atlantic Republican senators are shrinking before the eyes of the whole country. February 11, 2021 Greg Nash / Getty To understand what was at issue in the impeachment proceedings today, it helps to look at a video released yesterday by Senator Marco Rubio. Few Republican officials have more reason to hate former President Donald Trump than the defeated rival Trump so memorably nicknamed “Liddle Marco.” Trump brutally bullied Rubio throughout the presidential primary campaign in 2015 an...

The Atlantic Counterinsurgency Isn’t the Answer Be wary of those who seek to apply the lessons of our campaigns abroad to our political challenges at home. February 5, 2021 Samuel Corum / Getty Okay, let’s put an end to this silliness before it gets out of hand: We do not need a counterinsurgency strategy to defeat right-wing extremism in the United States of America. Say it with me once more, for the people in the back: We do not need a counterinsurgency strategy to defeat right-wing extr...

Michael Ciaglo / Getty Last spring and summer, when a COVID-19 vaccine was only a glimmer of hope on the horizon, scientists warned in their careful way that vaccines might not live up to the public’s high expectations. The FDA said a vaccine needed to be just 50 percent effective. The most important thing, scientists told me, was that the vaccines at least protect against severe illness. Then, in the fall, data from the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine trials demonstrated 95 percent and 94 percent...