Trivial Pursuit – Moderns Against the Past

The following article seems to further the notion that the educational establishment continues to jettison all norms from the past. History should be more than a set of feelings I have about the past.
http://www.educationnews.org/Gencomm/Trivial_Pursuit.htm

Peevish about Percentiles

I just love the mentality ol’ Gilbert Highet states in his work, The Art of Teaching. He explains his title by stating,
“I believe that teaching is an art, not a science. It seems to me very dangerous to apply the aims and methods of science to human beings as individuals, although a statistical principle can [...]

What is the Question?

Thoughts on teaching a student to ask the right questions

I have been having delightful “private” conversations about this for some time. I think it’s time to throw it out into the public sector for comment and discussion. If classical education is all about the questions (and it is), and if questions can be of a [...]

Deconstructing Derrida

Recently some of my staff and I have been discussing the issue of teaching students to read. At the heart of the current stream of thought is the ongoing shout match between “phonics” and “whole language” theories.
In the course of our discussion, I mentioned that “whole language” was more than simply a method or technique, [...]

Deconstructing Derrida

Recently some of my staff and I have been discussing the issue of teaching students to read. At the heart of the current stream of thought is the ongoing shout match between “phonics” and “whole language” theories.
In the course of our discussion, I mentioned that “whole language” was more than simply a method or technique, [...]

Whole Language Defined

Though this is a little old now, the points ring true. Normally Blumenfeld has an edge, so don’t judge him by his swagger but by his reasoning and ratio.
Whole Language Defined
8/27/2002
Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld
The other day, I received an e-mail from a lady in California who asked, “What on earth is the whole-language system?” She [...]