John Stossel on Education
Watch the short videos (1) “Are America’s Schools Failing Our Kids? ” (6 min, 3 sec); (2) “Education: Is More Money the Answer? ” (5 …
Culture
What’s the Real Graduation Rate?
In “What’s the real graduation rate?” (Chicago Sun-Times, February 7, 2005), they said: Here’s the thing about statistics: If they aren’t rock solid, if they …
Marva Collins
In “Marva Collins’ Way” (Scott Holleran Blog, 5 September 2009), Scott Holleran writes: Chicago businesswoman Marva Collins brought logic to learning when she rocked the …
An Early Computer
Check out the first working model of Babbage’s Difference Engine No. 2. HT: Paul L. The Statistics Dictionary says on Answers.com about Charles Babbage: (1792–1871; …
Teacher Training: Mired In Bad Philosophy
In “New Guidelines for Teacher Training: A needed attempt to reform the accreditation of teacher education schools lacks substance” (Clarion Call , September 01, 2009), Sandra …
More on the Death — the Murder — of Science Education
In “Science Workshop: Building a Lifelong Love of a “Boring” Subject” (Core Knowledge Blog, August 30, 2009), Robert Pondiscio quotes a newspaper article: The Future …
Reading Pedagogy: The Old is New
In “Glorifying Indifference to Literature” (Core Knowledge Blog, August 30, 2009), Diana Senechal writes: The New York Times story on the “reading workshop” method glorifies …
A Comment on Mainstream Modern Education
I’d pretty much agree with Robert Pondiscio in “Observations on Observations” (Core Knowledge Blog, August 27, 2009). He writes, for example: Of all the “best …
Unprepared For College and Reasoning, 2
In “Not Much: What Will They Learn in College?” (August 26, 2009), Walter Williams writes: Employers complain that graduates of colleges lack the writing and analytical skills …
Unprepared For College; Untrained In Reasoning
In “Many Dallas-Fort Worth graduates struggle in college” (The Dallas Morning News, 08:36 AM CDT, Sunday, August 9, 2009), Holly K. Hacker writes: They passed …