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'''Fredrik deBoer''' is an American author.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Author|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=US Macmillan}}</ref><ref name="Fisher">{{Cite web|last=Fisher|first=Anthony L.|title=''Cult of Smart'' author Fredrik deBoer on the taboo of admitting some kids just aren't good at school, why 'equality of opportunity' is bunk, and why he believes in a culture of forgiveness over cancellation|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cult-of-smart-author-fredrik-deboer-schools-marxism-cancel-culture-2020-10|access-date=2021-08-17|website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Swaim|first=Barton|date=2020-08-18|title=''The Cult of Smart'' Review: Social Justice Goes to School|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cult-of-smart-review-social-justice-goes-to-school-11597792293|access-date=2021-08-17}}</ref>
'''Fredrik deBoer''' is an American author.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Author|url=http://us.macmillan.com/author/|access-date=2021-08-17|website=US Macmillan}}</ref><ref name="Fisher">{{Cite web|last=Fisher|first=Anthony L.|title=''Cult of Smart'' author Fredrik deBoer on the taboo of admitting some kids just aren't good at school, why 'equality of opportunity' is bunk, and why he believes in a culture of forgiveness over cancellation|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cult-of-smart-author-fredrik-deboer-schools-marxism-cancel-culture-2020-10|access-date=2021-08-17|website=[[Business Insider]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Swaim|first=Barton|date=2020-08-18|title=''The Cult of Smart'' Review: Social Justice Goes to School|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cult-of-smart-review-social-justice-goes-to-school-11597792293|access-date=2021-08-17}}</ref>


== Education ==
== Education ==
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DeBoer identifies himself as a "[[Marxism|Marxist]] of an old-school variety".<ref>{{Cite web|last=DeBoer|first=Freddie|title=What is this place?|url=https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/about|access-date=2021-08-12 |website=freddiedeboer.substack.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011173309/https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/about|archive-date=2021-10-11}}</ref>
DeBoer identifies himself as a "[[Marxism|Marxist]] of an old-school variety".<ref>{{Cite web|last=DeBoer|first=Freddie|title=What is this place?|url=https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/about|access-date=2021-08-12 |website=freddiedeboer.substack.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011173309/https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/about|archive-date=2021-10-11}}</ref>


DeBoer has written for magazines, newspapers and websites.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Fredrik deBoer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/profile/fredrik-deboer|access-date=2021-08-12|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Articles by Fredrik deBoer |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/fredrik-deboer/|access-date=2021-08-12|magazine=[[Foreign Policy]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Articles by Fredrik deBoer|url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/fredrik-deboer|access-date=2021-08-12|magazine=[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Freddie deBoer|url=https://www.salon.com/writer/freddie_deboer|access-date=2021-08-12|work=[[Salon.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-24|title=Published Work|url=https://fredrikdeboer.com/published-work/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Fredrik deBoer}}</ref> Topics include [[Education in the United States|American education policy]], [[cancel culture]], and [[Police reform in the United States|police reform]].<ref name="Fisher" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Homan|first=Timothy R.|date=2020-08-02|title=Author Fredrik DeBoer calls for rethinking the push to prioritize college|url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/509986-author-fredrik-deboer-calls-for-rethinking-the-push-to-prioritize-college|access-date=2021-08-17|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Callard|first=Agnes|author-link=Agnes Callard|date=2020-09-08|title=A More Perfect Meritocracy|url=http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-philosophy-religion/agnes-callard-more-perfect-meritocracy|access-date=2021-08-17|magazine=[[Boston Review]]}}</ref> He was the communications editor for ''[[Kairos (journal)|Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy]]'' until 2017.<ref name="CV" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-24|title=Index of issue 22.1 (Fall 2017) – Kairos Staff|magazine=[[Kairos (journal)|Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy]]|url=http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/|access-date=2021-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824075554/http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/|archive-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref>
DeBoer has written for magazines, newspapers and websites.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Articles by Fredrik deBoer |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/author/fredrik-deboer/|access-date=2021-08-12|magazine=[[Foreign Policy]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Articles by Fredrik deBoer|url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/fredrik-deboer|access-date=2021-08-12|magazine=[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Freddie deBoer|url=https://www.salon.com/writer/freddie_deboer|access-date=2021-08-12|work=[[Salon.com]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-24|title=Published Work|url=https://fredrikdeboer.com/published-work/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Fredrik deBoer}}</ref> Topics include [[Education in the United States|American education policy]], [[cancel culture]], and [[Police reform in the United States|police reform]].<ref name="Fisher" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Homan|first=Timothy R.|date=2020-08-02|title=Author Fredrik DeBoer calls for rethinking the push to prioritize college|url=https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/509986-author-fredrik-deboer-calls-for-rethinking-the-push-to-prioritize-college|access-date=2021-08-17|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Callard|first=Agnes|author-link=Agnes Callard|date=2020-09-08|title=A More Perfect Meritocracy|url=http://bostonreview.net/class-inequality-philosophy-religion/agnes-callard-more-perfect-meritocracy|access-date=2021-08-17|magazine=[[Boston Review]]}}</ref> He was the communications editor for ''[[Kairos (journal)|Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy]]'' until 2017.<ref name="CV" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-24|title=Index of issue 22.1 (Fall 2017) – Kairos Staff|magazine=[[Kairos (journal)|Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy]]|url=http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/|access-date=2021-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824075554/http://kairos.technorhetoric.net/|archive-date=August 24, 2017}}</ref>


DeBoer's book, ''The Cult of Smart'', was published in 2020 by [[All Points Books]].<ref name="macmillan">{{Cite web|title=''The Cult of Smart'' – Fredrik deBoer|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250200372/the-cult-of-smart|access-date=2021-08-16|website=US Macmillan}}</ref> Gideon Lewis-Kraus, writing for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', says the book "argues that the education-reform movement has been trammelled by its willful ignorance of genetic variation." Lewis-Kraus groups deBoer with "hereditarian left" authors such as [[Kathryn Paige Harden]] and [[Eric Turkheimer]] in their shared emphasis on the importance of recognizing the [[Heritability of IQ|heritability of intelligence]] when formulating social policy.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lewis-Kraus |first1=Gideon |title=Can Progressives Be Convinced that Genetics Matters? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/can-progressives-be-convinced-that-genetics-matters |access-date=September 16, 2021|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=September 3, 2021}}</ref> [[Nathan J. Robinson]], editor-in-chief of ''[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]'', strongly disputed the accuracy of deBoer's position, saying "the central argument of the book is not just wrong, but wrong in the strongest possible sense of that term. It is based on fallacious reasoning."<ref name=Robinson>{{cite magazine|last1=Robinson |first1=Nathan J. |author1-link=Nathan J. Robinson |title=We Don't Know Our Potential|url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/09/we-dont-know-our-potential/ |access-date=September 16, 2021|magazine=[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]|date=September 20, 2020}}</ref>
DeBoer's book, ''The Cult of Smart'', was published in 2020 by [[All Points Books]].<ref name="macmillan">{{Cite web|title=''The Cult of Smart'' – Fredrik deBoer|url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250200372/the-cult-of-smart|access-date=2021-08-16|website=US Macmillan}}</ref> Gideon Lewis-Kraus, writing for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', says the book "argues that the education-reform movement has been trammelled by its willful ignorance of genetic variation." Lewis-Kraus groups deBoer with "hereditarian left" authors such as [[Kathryn Paige Harden]] and [[Eric Turkheimer]] in their shared emphasis on the importance of recognizing the [[Heritability of IQ|heritability of intelligence]] when formulating social policy.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Lewis-Kraus |first1=Gideon |title=Can Progressives Be Convinced that Genetics Matters? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/09/13/can-progressives-be-convinced-that-genetics-matters |access-date=September 16, 2021|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=September 3, 2021}}</ref> [[Nathan J. Robinson]], editor-in-chief of ''[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]'', strongly disputed the accuracy of deBoer's position, saying "the central argument of the book is not just wrong, but wrong in the strongest possible sense of that term. It is based on fallacious reasoning."<ref name=Robinson>{{cite magazine|last1=Robinson |first1=Nathan J. |author1-link=Nathan J. Robinson |title=We Don't Know Our Potential|url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/09/we-dont-know-our-potential/ |access-date=September 16, 2021|magazine=[[Current Affairs (magazine)|Current Affairs]]|date=September 20, 2020}}</ref>

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Fredrik deBoer
Born(1981-06-02)2 June 1981
(age 43)[1]
NationalityAmerican
Other namesFreddie deBoer
Education
OccupationAuthor
Websitefredrikdeboer.com Edit this at Wikidata

Fredrik deBoer is an American author.[2][3][4]

Education

DeBoer earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English at Central Connecticut State University, Master of Arts degree in writing and rhetoric at the University of Rhode Island, and Doctor of Philosophy degree in English at Purdue University.[5][6] His dissertation was titled The CLA+ and the Two Cultures: Writing Assessment and Educational Testing.[7]

Views and career

DeBoer identifies himself as a "Marxist of an old-school variety".[8]

DeBoer has written for magazines, newspapers and websites.[9][10][11][12] Topics include American education policy, cancel culture, and police reform.[3][13][14] He was the communications editor for Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy until 2017.[6][15]

DeBoer's book, The Cult of Smart, was published in 2020 by All Points Books.[16] Gideon Lewis-Kraus, writing for The New Yorker, says the book "argues that the education-reform movement has been trammelled by its willful ignorance of genetic variation." Lewis-Kraus groups deBoer with "hereditarian left" authors such as Kathryn Paige Harden and Eric Turkheimer in their shared emphasis on the importance of recognizing the heritability of intelligence when formulating social policy.[17] Nathan J. Robinson, editor-in-chief of Current Affairs, strongly disputed the accuracy of deBoer's position, saying "the central argument of the book is not just wrong, but wrong in the strongest possible sense of that term. It is based on fallacious reasoning."[18]

DeBoer has been a teacher at both high school and college level.[3]

Books

  • The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice. All Points Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group. 2020. ISBN 9781250200372.[16]
  • How Elites Ate the Social Justice Movement. Simon & Schuster. 2023. ISBN 9781668016015.[19]

References

  1. ^ DeBoer, Freddie (2 June 2022). "Losing It". freddiedeboer.substack.com. Archived from the original on 2023-08-23. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  2. ^ "Author". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  3. ^ a b c Fisher, Anthony L. "Cult of Smart author Fredrik deBoer on the taboo of admitting some kids just aren't good at school, why 'equality of opportunity' is bunk, and why he believes in a culture of forgiveness over cancellation". Business Insider. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  4. ^ Swaim, Barton (2020-08-18). "The Cult of Smart Review: Social Justice Goes to School". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  5. ^ "Fredrik deBoer". New America. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  6. ^ a b "Fredrik deBoer | Brooklyn College of CUNY". Academia.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. ^ Deboer, Fredrik B. (May 2015). The CLA+ and the Two Cultures: Writing Assessment and Educational Testing (PhD thesis). Purdue University.
  8. ^ DeBoer, Freddie. "What is this place?". freddiedeboer.substack.com. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  9. ^ "Articles by Fredrik deBoer". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  10. ^ "Articles by Fredrik deBoer". Current Affairs. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  11. ^ "Freddie deBoer". Salon.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  12. ^ "Published Work". Fredrik deBoer. 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  13. ^ Homan, Timothy R. (2020-08-02). "Author Fredrik DeBoer calls for rethinking the push to prioritize college". The Hill. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  14. ^ Callard, Agnes (2020-09-08). "A More Perfect Meritocracy". Boston Review. Retrieved 2021-08-17.
  15. ^ "Index of issue 22.1 (Fall 2017) – Kairos Staff". Kairos: A Journal of Rhetoric, Technology, and Pedagogy. 2017-08-24. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  16. ^ a b "The Cult of Smart – Fredrik deBoer". US Macmillan. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
  17. ^ Lewis-Kraus, Gideon (September 3, 2021). "Can Progressives Be Convinced that Genetics Matters?". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  18. ^ Robinson, Nathan J. (September 20, 2020). "We Don't Know Our Potential". Current Affairs. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  19. ^ Rothfeld, Becca (2023-09-01). "Should progressives want the support of the ruling classes?". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
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