I think the dumbing down of public schools is the biggest problem we have. This would be easy to fix.

Apparently, our education establishment believes the creed: make them dumb, our time will come.

This decline in general intelligence leads to lots of collateral damage. People hardly have common sense, never…

 I think the dumbing down of public schools is the biggest problem we have. This would be easy to fix.

Apparently, our education establishment believes the creed: make them dumb, our time will come.

This decline in general intelligence leads to lots of collateral damage. People hardly have common sense, never…

If schools are run properly, children will be full of confidence and enthusiasm.

If children are morose and failing, you know the people in charge are incompetent.

See Episode 35 on this podcast. Hope versus Hopelessness. It often seems to me that schools are organized to produce hopelessness. That's a terrible thought, isn't…

Cooperative Games

Ed Establishment worships rote memorization if it suits their social engineering goals. For example, forcing sight-words into the curriculum. One bad idea sustains another bad idea; together you get the crime of the century.

Note that in every other situation, professors of ed endlessly denounce memorization!!!…

Ed Establishment worships rote memorization if it suits their social engineering goals. For example, forcing sight-words into the curriculum. One bad idea sustains another bad idea; together you get the crime of the century.

Note that in every other situation, professors of ed endlessly denounce memorization!!!…

School Culture: When Parents Raise Concerns Over Academic Achievement 

“If there is a universal truth in education, it is that students achieve more when they feel good about themselves. As educators, we must equip our families with the skills, language, and knowledge to partner with us in that effort.”

In the latest Independent…