John of Salisbury’s Metalogicon and the Equality of Liberal Arts Education
When examining the historical development of society, perhaps the most determining factor is education. Education has a symbiotic relationship with society in that it is shaped by society as much as...
View ArticleOpen Your Eyes, Open Your Mind and Fly by Hopsin
[Intro] I was taught that education is the only way to make it Then how’d I get so much money inside my savings? My teachers never saw the heights that I was fuckin’ aimin’ Did the man who invented...
View ArticleIs Expeditionary Learning the Future in Public Schools? Some Say Yes
Expeditionary learning allows children to take education into their own hands, literally. Learn more about this new learning philosophy that is improving test scores and graduation rates. We are crew,...
View ArticleLift Off: The American Dream
You may have heard some inspiring graduation speeches before, but you’ve never heard one like this. Last Wednesday, Donovan Livingston spoke at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Livingston, who was...
View Article‘School Choice’ Mantra Masks the Harm of Siphoning Funds from Public Education
Ask an education “reform” proponent about any issue facing public education and the answer is always the same: “School Choice.” Whether they’re championing charter schools, vouchers or Education...
View ArticleCriticisms of the public education system
– Photo:Kids do not belong at a desk 7 hours/day. This is no way to optimize learning. We wrongly identify education with schooling because most of our education happens outside of the school...
View ArticleThe Sexual-Abuse-to-Prison Pipeline
New study concludes that a history of abuse is not just a predictor of future incarceration—it is a cause If we truly believe that children are our future—all children—then it is imperative that we...
View Article100 Percent Is Overrated
At whatever age smart people develop the idea that they are smart, they also tend to develop vulnerability around relinquishing that label. So the difference between telling a kid “You did a great job”...
View ArticleThe Undercurrents of Our Education System: Recognizing and Subverting...
This is an analysis of assistant professor at Harvard University, Alexander James Inglis‘s book ‘Principles of Secondary Education.‘ In his 1918 book, Inglis lists the 6 primary functions of...
View ArticleIf By Whiskey
This my position. I will not retreat from it. I will not compromise. If-by-whiskey in political discourse is a relativist fallacy in which the speaker’s position is contingent on the listener’s...
View Article‘Kids for Cash’ and ‘The Injustice System’
Corrupt ‘Kids for Cash’ Judge Ruined More Than 3,000 Young Lives! Infamous Child Warehousing Scandal in PA Involved Judges, Law Enforcement, Child Protection Services, Private Agencies, and a Local...
View ArticleDoes U.N.’s Agenda 21 Education Mandate Push Common Core in USA?
Does U.N.’s Agenda 21 Education Mandate Push Common Core in USA? What Does Common Core Have To Do With the U.N.’s Agenda 21 ? –And Why Should You Care? There’s an interesting article about Obama’s...
View ArticleThe Globalist Brainwashing of Your Children
Education is the gateway to controlling the masses from childhood and should NEVER be entrusted to Federal government Common Core State Standards | Truth in American Education Common Core is an...
View ArticleEvaluating the success of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society”
Evaluating the success of the Great Society Lyndon B. Johnson’s visionary set of legislation turns 50 In just under five years in the 1960s, Lyndon B. Johnson enacted nearly 200 pieces of legislation...
View ArticleWho Are Really the ‘Misinformed’? The Common Core Opponents or Proponents?
Why Do Common Core’s Supporters Try to Discredit Critics of Common Core’s Mathematics Standards? Professor James Milgram, for over 40 years a full professor of mathematics at Stanford University, and I...
View ArticleCommon Core has Sacrificed Special Education
You can’t put your guard down. Rest assured the wheels of ugly education reform continue to churn. Here is a recent Seattle Times headline, “Special education is ineffective and too expensive, report...
View ArticleRightwing Billionaires are Key Players in Education Policy
A rally this month organized by Families for Excellent Schools called for education reform. Photo: Associated Press The usual participants [in legislative debates about education] have been school...
View ArticleGovernment Education: The Worst Mistake Ever Made In America
The Federal Government ’s takeover of education followed the usual pattern. First, politicians complained that local school districts didn’t have enough money. They decided the federal government could...
View ArticleCreating Innovators: Why America’s Education System Is Obsolete
A majority of students in public schools throughout the American South and West are low-income for the first time in at least four decades. Public education’s biggest problem: It’s a failure. There are...
View ArticleThe Art Of Education For Life
The art of education for life Some parents are not convinced of the merits of either the mainstream school system or the independent sector. They are looking for something different that will engage...
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