Educational “Progressivism” is Anti-Individual
Group-think, “consensus,” determines truth, Dewey said — and in consequence the trend in education is to focus on and push “group work.” Having students — …
Culture
Foolish at Physics
A science textbook tried to explain the fact that a shower curtain (unweighted and without magnets) will push toward you by applealing tp the Bernoulli …
Not In My Algebra Class!!
In my algebra class (and other classes), we learn; we take math, reasoning and education seriously. In some places, this: “What REALLY Happens in algebra …
Modern Language Instruction Against Reason
We need to pay more attention to grammar and to teaching grammar — our means of making intelligible and communicating our thoughts — especially in …
Modern Education’s Malfeasance
Modern education, in so far as it has turned away from reason and objectivity, has turned against its fundamental purpose: to train the young in …
Learning vs. Grades
Caveat Emptor — whether in economics, or in the realm of values more generally, or in the realm of ideas. Or in the realm of …
Complete Sentences = Complete Thoughts
In her recent “The Marketing Minute,” Marcia Yudkin (marketing consultant, author, speaker) said: On Sunday, for example, the headline “He Wants Subjects, Verbs and Objects” …
“The Classroom Without Reason” by Douglas Campbell
Mr. Campbell identifies some important reasons why schooling is in the bad shape it is today: too many teachers and professors regard teaching as “moral …
Earth Day/Earth Hour Pro and Con
Some want us to turn out our lights and turn off our electricity. Some want lights on and electricity in use. Mr. Don Boudreaux says …
Attacking Individual Sovereignty in Health, Exercise, Diet…and Life
Sandy at Junk Food Science writes about some recent initiatives to control what private individuals do with their own lives, health, and families. Read her …