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Student centered? What's all this about?

Started Sep 15, 2021 0 Replies

The whole school system, almost any school system, is there for the students. But that was not enough for the Education Establishment. They had to use the kids as leverage to destroy what was left of…Continue

Tags: centered, ignorance, back2school, learner, traditional

K-12 is a war against children

Started Jan 12, 2020 0 Replies

The headline is totally counterintuitive....yes, I know that.The longer I've studied education, the more I was shocked by how destructive most theories and methods are.It's a lot like going to a…Continue

Tags: common, core, illiteracy, socialism, dumbing

Cursive should be in the Core

Started Dec 27, 2016 0 Replies

 Common Core tried to drop cursive and phonics. For me these are signs that Common Core had lost its way from the beginning. I want to present a case for cursive. It has a lot of benefits that most…Continue

 

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Educators would do better if they knew less theory and more art.

I can write, on this site for example, about education because I am first a novelist and artist. I know that truth and beauty dance together. I know that there are better, more beautiful ways to do things, and worst ways, which is often the preference of our Education Establishment. I've called myself an education reformer for at least 25 years. But before that, I proudly called myself a novelist. Readers are invited to visit my literary site,…See More
Oct 4
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READING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

Make Sure Your Child Can Read In First Grade.Elementary school, that's when children must learn to read. Then everything else magically improves.However, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, only about ONE-THIRD of elementary students in the U.S. are reading at grade level. The other two-thirds are already crippled.The Reading Wars have been going on for 80 years. They have always been sustained by lies. Sight-words are like learning to do math with Roman…See More
Sep 26
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My favorite teacher – Joan Dunn

Joan Dunn taught in Brooklyn Public schools for a few years around 1953. She recognized at that time that our public schools were compromised and probably finished.She wrote a book titled Retreat From Learning: Why Teachers Can't Teach (available on Archive.org.)This is not a research paper. This is not a reconstruction of what happened more than 70 years ago. Joan Dunn was there, as an eager young teacher, very smart, highly idealistic and motivated. Her story is one of confronting a monster,…See More
Mar 30
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The Legacy of Rita Kramer (1929-2023) reveals the secret history of ed schools

LET'S  FIX EDUCATION,  Episode 140,  Bruce Deitrick Price      The Legacy of Rita Kramer (1929-2023) and the Embarrassment Factor In 1990 Rita Kramer toured the country to study the best ed schools. She was reporting on education for ABC, and had begun to suspect that American ed schools were more corrupted and indoctrinated than most people ever imagined.   Her research in 1990 led to a very important book, Ed School Follies. I recommend it to everyone who wants to understand what happened…See More
Mar 7
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Episode 127: How far do we let the schools fall??

Episode 127 of "Let's Fix Education".................--------------------------American K-12 drifts ever downward. If you doubt that, this podcast is for you. (Spoken or transcript. America needs to hear/read this. Pass it on.)For years I’ve claimed there are few good ideas left in K-12. The good ideas have been systematically discredited, and then buried.Now I say we are in free fall. The public schools get worse each year. Grades, testing, and anecdotes prove this.Here is some more proof.…See More
Dec 8, 2023
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....MORE ABOUT READING, the most important topic of all

THE MEANING OF THE LUCY CALKINS FIASCOhttps://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/the_meaning_of_the_lucy_calkins_fiasco.htmlPlease, everyone read this and confront what it's saying.  This woman created a new version of Whole Word, i.e., another way to sell sight-words to unsuspecting victims. Basically all you have to do is promise the public a whole lot of new bells and whistles and then go…See More
Sep 28, 2023
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Here's why the public schools are so bad....

Going back almost 90 years, the hard left wanted to use the public schools as a way to change the world.Roughly in 1921, sight-words were forced into the public schools, and we've had nothing but decline ever since. (The professors knew it would flop thanks to Dr. Samuel Orton's research.)Now, we have reached a stage of general bewilderment. The Education Establishment cannot tell the truth about anything that it does. They want dumbing down. Can they say that? No they have to talk about all…See More
Sep 3, 2023
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YOU ARE INVITED TO SUPPORT EDUCATION REFORM.

Children in public schools are oftenmiserable and don't learn much.We can so do much better.Principles and Proposals byBruce Deitrick PriceSUPPORTEDUCATIONREFORMPlease help me improve K-12.Americans should have great public schools.We could so easily have them.Here are my suggestions and how you might help:SUPPORT-REFORM-SITE…See More
Jun 16, 2023
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Katerina Belik commented on Bruce Deitrick Price's blog post LET'S FIX EDUCATION podcast reaches 100 episodes
"Very important message! I share the same concern. Bruce, maybe we can collaborate. Here is the link to my recent blog article and also site https://www.vedara.org/urgent-transformation-needed-in-outdated-school-systems/ I have just sent you LinkedIn…"
Jun 15, 2023
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LET'S FIX EDUCATION podcast reaches 100 episodes

For connoisseurs of educational chicanery. My podcast is published every Wednesday.If you've ever wondered why, with our vast budgets, our K-12 does not seem to be very good, here are the reasons.My short answer is that our education establishment became obsessed with social engineering, with less and less interest in academic achievement. Typically, the ideologues were out of step with the public, which was still very interested in academics. So there's the motivation for mediocrity. Next you…See More
Jun 1, 2023
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An act of war...historical landmark dated 1983

In 1983 Congress declared that our schools were mediocre. The congressional report was titled A Nation at Risk.Episode 90 of Let's Fix Education (a short podcast and transcript) looks back 40 years at this important moment in history.https://www.buzzsprout.com/1792553/episodes/12489594…See More
Mar 23, 2023
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the Truth about K-12 and what we can do about it...

Peruse "Let's Fix Education"A weekly podcast for education connoisseurs.What's really going on in K-12...?Episode 81: Teacher reveals how dysfunctional K-12 really ishttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1792553/episodes/12057531 -----------------------------------------Episode 80: George Carlin and the Truth about American education…See More
Jan 31, 2023
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Let's Fix Education, Episode 76: Dyslexia is a Fancy Word for Sabotage (podcast with transcript)

QED: sight-words cause dyslexia and illiteracy. There's no way out,If you want to improve K-12, you have to understand this equation.-----------------------------------------------------------------------Episode 76: Dyslexia is a Fancy Word for Sabotage  Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Here's the bottom line: phonics is essential, because it’s a mnemonic device for dealing with a huge language like…See More
Dec 14, 2022
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Best book about public schools: "Saving K-12"

 Wednesday, Nov. 23, '22Episode #73 (podcast 7 minutes) about:Best Gift For Smart People—''Saving K-12"Most books about education are boring. So let's announce emphatically: this is a well-written, lively book, and fun to read. I think of K-12 as a crime scene and my job is to describe who did what to whom.https://www.buzzsprout.com/1792553/episodes/11739386…See More
Nov 24, 2022
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I have always said that Constructivism should be called Destructivism

Constructivism has been a huge fad for decades. I denounce it as much as possible.First of all, it prohibits teaching...you know, that's what they did in schools until Constructivism came along.Listen up, peasants!! There will be no more direct instruction!... Isn't that idiotic on the face of it?Oh, there are lots of reasons for hating Constructivism but perhaps the main one is the hardest one to explain. There is a smug condescending pompous tone throughout Constructivism. Professors of…See More
Oct 20, 2022
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Tell our School Leadership 2.0 community a little bit about yourself. Feel free to post your email address and website. Also feel free to list your areas of interest. This will help other members dialogue with you.
Author of eight books, poet, artist, education reformer. Founded Improve-Education.org in 2005. Have 500 education articles and videos on internet. (YouTube videos just passed 3 million views.) Author of "Saving K-12 --- What happened to our public schools. How do we fix them?" (Probably the best quick but comprehensive explanation of what went wrong.)

Specialty is explaining bogus theories and methods commonly found in public schools. My goal is to help the school system reform itself. Another goal is to help parents protect their children against harmful pedagogy.

Twitter name is @educatt

Literary site is Lit4u.com
What is your present job title?
Consultant
At what school level do you work?
K-12
Where do you work?
Other location in USA

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Educators would do better if they knew less theory and more art.

Posted on October 4, 2024 at 6:30pm 0 Comments

I can write, on this site for example, about education because I am first a novelist and artist. I know that truth and beauty dance together. I know that there are better, more beautiful ways to do things, and worst ways, which is often the preference of our Education Establishment. 

I've called myself an education reformer for at least 25 years. But before…

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READING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

Posted on September 26, 2024 at 5:19pm 0 Comments

Make Sure Your Child Can Read In First Grade.



Elementary school, that's when children must learn to read. Then everything else magically improves.

However, according to the recent National Assessment of Educational Progress, only about ONE-THIRD of elementary students in the U.S. are reading at grade level. The other two-thirds are already crippled.

The Reading Wars have been going on for 80 years. They have always been…

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My favorite teacher – Joan Dunn

Posted on March 30, 2024 at 6:15pm 0 Comments

Joan Dunn taught in Brooklyn Public schools for a few years around 1953. She recognized at that time that our public schools were compromised and probably finished.

She wrote a book titled Retreat From Learning: Why Teachers Can't Teach (available on Archive.org.)

This is not a research paper. This is not a reconstruction of what happened more than 70 years ago. Joan Dunn was there, as an eager young teacher, very smart, highly idealistic and…

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The Legacy of Rita Kramer (1929-2023) reveals the secret history of ed schools

Posted on March 7, 2024 at 6:00pm 0 Comments

LET'S  FIX EDUCATION,  Episode 140,  Bruce Deitrick Price



    



The Legacy of Rita Kramer (1929-2023)

and the Embarrassment Factor





In 1990 Rita Kramer toured the country to study the best ed schools. She was reporting on education for ABC,…

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