We’ve gone through the nature of our school reforms, their ‘progressive’ ideas and purposes, deceptive lessons being taught, and the systemic nature of our school systems failings which puts them and the education they deliver into fundament…
If you complain about our school systems’ failures, one common response that you’re likely to get, is:”Oh, that’s such an old complaint, people have always been saying the schools are failing, every generation repeats it.” , which has some truth to it,…
So I’ve given my unpopular opinion over the last two posts, that our situation with the schools being closed has been the best thing that’s happened in 2020, and that if we know what’s best for us, we should see to it that they stay closed. Why? So we …
In the previous post, I gave my unpopular opinion that Schools are closed: Why undo the only bright spot in 2020?, and pointed out that the nature of the ‘Progressive’ redesign of our school systems over a century ago, was systemically in conflict with…
Back to school time? Really?! Don’t get me wrong, there are few things more important to our lives and society than getting a good education, and conversely, few things that are more harmful to our lives and society than having a bad education. Yes……
Watching the Democrat debate last night, was like watching Vanilla, Rocky Road, Mint Chip & Caramel Swirl, claiming that their differing flavors made them into something other than ice cream. They don’t. But it was interesting to me that out of all…
I held off on responding to the news of the recent mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton. Like me, you’ve heard what happened, you too know the awful arithmetic of the casualty statistics… and the endlessly contentious talking points su…
I held off on responding to the news of the recent mass shootings in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton. Like me, you’ve heard what happened, you too know the awful arithmetic of the casualty statistics… and the endlessly contentious talking points su…
I shared a post last week that I found hopeful, concerning a small but successful program at a sizable Ivy League University that’s pursuing ‘Wisdom First, Job Skills Second’ (which is both surprising and new for today), through studying key works in t…
College: The road not chosenMuch is being said about the rich and famous buying their kids way into college. It is shocking. Sad. But what seems more shocking to me, is what these parents and students were clearly not seeking from the colleges they sou…
With the passage of the OPEN Government Data Act in January 2019, data interoperability of federal governmental agencies to/from each other can occur. This was seen as good bipartisan legislation […]
Education is global and 21st Century skills are pursued in many countries based on theories from education reformers and non-governmental organizations. Newly trained teachers have been taught children […]
As hard cover history books and documents are replaced digitally, it is imperative to retain ‘first’ versions of documents. Publishing research on blogs or digital platforms are invaluable as they […]
The letter below was recently sent to the Missouri State Board of Education members by Dr. Mary Byrne, a co-founder of Missouri Coalition Against Common Core. The various news organizations […]
The Springfield News-Leader had a recent column entitled Vandeven: Greitens never shared his vision for education, commissioner role. It’s a pity that former Missouri Education Commissioner Vandeven never received […]