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Children in Crisis; The Asphalt Flower
Between the Asphalt and the Paver I have a very small 4’ x 5’ garden between my front door and my garage. I always plant Impatience there in the spring. They thrive in the shade and don’t need much...
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The Gene Pool of Education
The gene pool for our present “modern” educational system originated in the 18th century with the onset of the industrial revolution. The effort began with the big bosses wanting to have a literate...
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Education; Race to NOwhere – NOWhere; Destroying Creativity in Children
“I am afraid that our children are going to sue us for stealing their childhoods!” A parent “I would spend 6 hours a night doing my homework.” A student “In America if you don’t earn a lot of money,...
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Education; Vertical Thinking – Lateral Thinking
“You cannot dig a hole in a different place by digging the same hole deeper.” Edward DeBono In the last post “Race to NOwhere – NOWhere” our students are falling asleep in their one dimensional...
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Education; The Lost Art of Engaging Students in Public Education and...
“No one is thinking if everyone is thinking alike.” General George S. Patten, Jr. There is a high school in a poor section of the Bronx called the Theater Arts Production Company School. Report card...
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Education; Critical Thinking vs Rote Memory in American Education
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." Albert Einstein We have an American educational system that languishes under the premise that if a student repeats something many times he will learn it....
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Education; The Disenthrallment of the Quiet Past
I was reading an article on manufacturing in America in the Wall Street Journal by Matt Ridley. It discussed the idea of “Disenthrallment”. In Abraham Lincoln’s 1862 message to Congress he speaks of...
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Education in America; Wisconsin – The Real Story
Here’s what we know that will make our schools better: 1. Improve the quality of teaching. 2. Personalize the educational experience of children to meet diverse needs and interests. 3. Treat...
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Education and the Teacher Cheaters
The New York Times July 16, 2011 editorial states, “A cheating scandal in which scores of teachers and principals in Atlanta’s public schools falsified student test results has thrown the system into...
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An Argument for Classical Education
“One of the functions of a teacher is to raise the dead.” Peter Kreeft, Author, Professor of Philosophy, Boston College Great leaders from our past were men of unyielding convictions in their beliefs,...
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