Science Is For Practice
Proper science is integrated and inductive, and it, like thriving and practical success in life, depend on cause-effect, which depends on recognizing and following the …
Culture
Happy Belated Birthday, Andrew Carnegie!
Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835. In “Carnegie, an Intellectual Capitalist,” Scott Holleran says: On his first job as a young teenager, Carnegie …
Writing and Debating: Fundamental Issues of Government and Politics
On WYNC.org, they say “starting March 10, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer will be moderating First Principles, a series of three debates on the moral underpinnings of …
Food For Kids: Meals Around the World
In Colorado daycare workers required to wear burqas, Monica Hughes, PhD, writes: OK, I exaggerate slightly for the purpose of generating a few hits. But …
Cheating on Standardized Tests in Public Schools
In “America’s biggest teacher and principal cheating scandal unfolds in Atlanta” (Christian Science Monitor – Tue, Jul 5, 2011), Patrik Jonsson writes: Award-winning gains by …
Khan Academy
Some people seem to be sold on the videos of Mr. Khan of Khan Academy. However, in “tutoring” mathematics, Mr. Khan does nothing but deliver …
Mistakes in Modern (Public) Education
In “Singapore Math Tough to Adopt” (Education Week, Teaching Now Blog, June 9, 2011), Liana Heitin writes: And Singapore Math requires extensive (and costly) professional …
Not All That Glitters Is Gold
In “More Argument, Fewer Standards” (Education Week, April 19, 2011), Mike Schmoker and Gerald Graff start off seemingly hot, saying: If we want record numbers …
Failing At Civics
In “Most Students Lack Civics Proficiency on NAEP” (Education Week, May 4, 2011), Erik W. Robelen says: Many high school seniors may be old enough …