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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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....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
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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
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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
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
Katerina Belik liked Bruce Deitrick Price's blog post LET'S FIX EDUCATION podcast reaches 100 episodes
Jun 15
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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
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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
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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
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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
Bruce Deitrick Price commented on Bruce Deitrick Price's blog post Interested in robots, AI, science-fiction, Elon Musk, crime, mystery, speculative fiction, and/or romance???
"PS: August 17.... I explained why the usual genres (Crime, Suspense, Sci-Fi, etc.) do not work well for Frankie. I realized belatedly that it's actually a Literary novel, with the breadth and depth suggested by that word.... These distinctions…"
Aug 17, 2022
Bruce Deitrick Price posted a blog post

Dark Depressing Depths in K-12

K-12 will remain hopeless unless we deal with the fundamental flaws and fallacies. Many schools are like Chernobyl, poisoned at the root. Let's Fix Education, this podcast, specializes in studying the difficult topics.Episode 56: Russians attack American K-12 (Wednesday, July 27, 2022) —- https://www.buzzsprout.com/1792553/episodes/11033967Episode 55: What Is Not A Scam? (Wednesday, July 20, 2022) —- …See More
Jul 27, 2022
Bruce Deitrick Price posted a blog post

Interested in robots, AI, science-fiction, Elon Musk, crime, mystery, speculative fiction, and/or romance???

Frankie is loose in the world.An unusual genre-busting novel about an AI genius who brings his latest project home, sure his wife will be impressed, only to find that she is jealous and offended. Her husband is much too interested in whatever this thing is. She drinks too much and everything gets out of control...No violence, no sex, no obscenities to speak of, so Frankie is a good book for students of all ages. Lots of smart characters. (The setting is mainly a university town in New Jersey.)…See More
May 11, 2022
Bruce Deitrick Price replied to Michael Keany's discussion Harvard dissolves undergrad teacher education program
"This is good news. Undergraduates should not be majoring in education. Let them get a real education in any traditional subject."
May 6, 2022
Bruce Deitrick Price posted a blog post

A quick way to fix the public schools

Stop doing the two most destructive things now common:1. Avoid all the psychosocial innovations, such as SEL, CRT, and many more. These things do not give children the foundational knowledge they need. These things are essentially propaganda.2) When basic knowledge is taught, it's rendered useless by incoherent sequencing and dull presentation.Episode 43 suggests ways to find excitement in any topic.…See More
Apr 27, 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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....MORE ABOUT READING, the most important topic of all

Posted on September 28, 2023 at 9:51pm 0 Comments

THE MEANING OF THE LUCY CALKINS FIASCO

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/09/the_meaning_of_the_lucy_calkins_fiasco.html

Please, 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…

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Here's why the public schools are so bad....

Posted on September 3, 2023 at 8:39pm 0 Comments

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…

Continue

YOU ARE INVITED TO SUPPORT EDUCATION REFORM.

Posted on June 16, 2023 at 5:05pm 0 Comments

Children in public schools are often

miserable and don't learn much.

We can so do much better.

Principles and Proposals by…

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LET'S FIX EDUCATION podcast reaches 100 episodes

Posted on June 1, 2023 at 8:32pm 1 Comment

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…

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