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Time Enough
Apparently President Obama remarked on education yesterday. For decades, Washington has been trapped in the same stale debates that have paralyzed progress and perpetuated our educational decline. Obviously Washington hasn’t been involved enough in education, so he proposes more interference. … Continue reading
Four Years Too Many of College
Is a four-year college degree excessive for most? Charles Murray, writing at Cato Unbound, thinks a bachelor’s degree is unnecessary for most professions, has little bearing on success in a field, and suspects that college attendance rates are artificially high. … Continue reading
Summer School
There’s been some concern among the professional educators about skills lost over the Summer since I was a small child, and that concern has not abated. Well, duh, of course some children are not as proficient in September as they … Continue reading
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Schooling
(yeah, they’re learning [PowerPoint] in second grade). Don’t you think that simply provides additional, obvious, evidence that school is intended to prepare you for life in a factory cube farm?
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Are Guidance Counselors Superfluous?
The Arlington Central School District sends out a newsletter every now and again — oddly enough around budget season. This time it includes a piece titled “Arlington’s Investment Paying Off,” which discusses how additional guidance counselors have dropped the student … Continue reading
Compulsory Education
via Arnold Kling, we learn that the State of California does not like home-schooling by parents who are not also teachers, on the assumption that certification ensures quality. Mr. Kling pulls out this quote from the article. “Parents do not … Continue reading
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Use English, not Jargon
My elder daughter is in first grade. She loves to read almost as much as she loves math. She’s just started the thirty-third book in The Magic Tree House series, Carnival at Candlelight. She was reading Misty of Chincoteague, but … Continue reading
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The Pressure of Population Growth on Small Schools
Interesting piece on NPR this morning about one-room schools. They are about 400 left in the country. One in Croydon, New Hampshire, serves a population which may soon exceed its capacity. Meanwhile, there’s some evidence to show that students who … Continue reading
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