“It’s a good theory,” my friend JHT wrote, “but I don’t think they’re that foresighted.” She may be right, of course. One of the big questions in politics, … more
Posts tagged with:
public education
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Look Out Kid, They Keep It All Hid
@ 2011-06-27 – 07:33:19
[ ... ] the test-driven model of public education, a model which has so distorted real learning as to run critical thinking out of the schools. For ... more -
What To Do About Them
@ 2011-01-09 – 07:19:16
My brother teaches history at a high-end public high school in San Francisco, one with the kind of test scores that rattle the rafters. He returned … more -
"...propaganda all is phony"
@ 2010-11-24 – 06:46:29
Guy stopped me earlier this evening inside the Good Earth, my local food store, with a question. Said a teacher and about twenty-five students from … more -
Edge Of The Cliff, Part 2: a guest blogger's view
@ 2010-08-08 – 22:05:38
Dear Friends: Recently, a New York Times writer, Bob Herbert, wrote about education. One of this blog's readers, Louisa Arndt, penned a response. … more -
The Edge Of The Cliff
@ 2010-08-08 – 05:00:05
[ ... ] and suicidal ideation. Public education in America today is the most massive system of child abuse since the Dark Ages, and every ‘reform’ ... more
