Public schools tend to make their students passive. I also note that parents, etc. are passive. The K-12 system is such a successful leviathan, it just squeezes the life out of everybody.

If you’ve ever had these thoughts and would like some support, read on.

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A new article titled “Memo to K-12…

I’m sure some are fearful of what Trump will do. I’m optimistic. Our Education Establishment is fond of “progressive” remedies that don't work. And I mean: they really do not work. What’s the answer? Get rid of these remedies.

Most reforms proposed in educational circles always involve more money, more and more money. What if this is a giant ripoff? What if the bad theories and methods are not just dysfunctional, they…

Never forget the ambition and frenzy of the Communist International circa 1930. Lenin and Stalin wanted control of the planet. In some countries, they could aim for a military coup. But in any country, they could try to take over the weak, undefended targets such as the press and education.

 At the same time that the Communists were starving 5+ million people to death in the Ukraine, their sympathizers were…

What I've figured out so far. The 1-minute version:

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Free The Schools

 Our Education Establishment has an 80-year record

of praising and protecting bad pedagogies.…

One of the most remarkable historical facts of the last 80 years is the persistence of a sinister and unsuccessful pedagogy known as Look-Say, Whole Word, Sight-Words, Whole Language, Balanced Literacy, High-Frequency Words, and a number of other confusing terms.

Whatever these things are called, they must be banished,…

I write about education six days a week. My main motivation is that I’m sure the public schools can be much better at less cost.

Another big motivation is that I’m continually disappointed by the powers that be -- big media, the business community, the military. All of them complain about education but none of them actually gets involved. They don’t push the Education Establishment to do a better job. Our movers and shakers, alas, do not move and shake all that…