The Education Reform Racket
Education reform in this country has essentially been a giant racket, deceiving the American people into thinking they are getting better education for the nearly $1 trillion spent in...
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Wrestling with Vampires
My American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines "vampire" as: 1. A reanimated corpse that is believed to rise from the grave at night and suck the blood...
Who’s Behind the Common Core Curriculum?
Like so many education reform initiatives that seem to arise out of nowhere, the Common Core State Standards is another of these sweeping phantom movements that have gotten their...
America’s Best Kept Educational Secrets
One of the best-kept secrets in American education is that the 26 letters of the English alphabet stand for only 44 sounds. Learning to read with phonics programs helps...
Is College Worth the Cost?
According to a cover story in Newsweek of September 17, 2012, there is a "college bubble" much like the housing bubble; one that defies economic reality. The opening paragraph...
Romney’s Education Plan
Although not much has been said about education in the presidential campaign, the candidates have prepared their answers on the issue in case they’re asked the usual question: How...
Education and Politics
Education is the orphan issue of this presidential campaign, because the subject is too complex and too volatile to be decently handled in the kind of debates that Gov....
Religion in Early American Education
The reason early Americans became the most literate people on earth is because of their profound dependence on the principles and laws of the Bible as their guide for...
Educational History and Professional Ignorance
The ignorance of the professionals is what has made a total sham of American public education. Their ignorance of our educational history is appalling. Dozens of books have been...
Can a Minority Deprive the Majority of Its Basic Rights?
The Constitution does not give the minority the right to deprive the majority of their Constitutional rights, even when it comes to exercise of religion. ...
Why Children Need Godly Schools
When public schools strip children of their belief in God — something the kids are apparently born with — it apparently causes psychological problems, so kids should be taught...
Will Common Core Standards Solve the Reading Problem?
According to the Associated Press of May 25, 2012, SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were “the lowest on record, and combined reading and math...
Federalized Progressive Education Marches On
As I have mentioned on a number of occasions, education is the orphan issue of this year’s presidential campaign. Why? Because the subject is so complex, involving massive federal...
How Independent Are Private Schools?
More and more parents are looking for alternatives to the public schools, which are producing high rates of student failure. Is it because of the students or the school?...
NEA Promotes World Government
In writing my book NEA: Trojan Horse in American Education, first published in 1984 — 28 years ago — I read every issue of the NEA Journal and thus...