Subtitle: how you can help save public education
I put lots of articles on the Internet, and get thousands of comments. The same three themes run through most of these comments:
How have we gotten into this mess?
Why don’t our official leaders do something?
What can I do personally to help?
No matter what the question is, here is the essential first step. You have to understand the fake reasoning and false methods so often used.
Without that understanding, School officials will run you in circles and laugh at your ignorance. Each year they will invent strange new theories and unhelpful new names. No two Americans can have a helpful discussion about education.
You need a guidebook. That’s what "Saving K-12" was always intended to be. Here are some of the main points explained: Reading theories that don’t work. Arithmetic instruction that confuses children. Theories of teaching that seem to be designed to minimize actual teaching. Classroom strategies they create chaos and failure. The weird contempt that most education professors have for knowledge. Etc., Etc, Etc.
It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that there are no good ideas left in public schools. There’s nothing but bad ideas. Arm yourself with the truth; and let the revolution begin. We can have better schools at less cost.
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This post first appeared on Education Improved -- We Can Dream, please read the originial post: here
