There is no question that the accident of birth is a huge factor in the fate of people. What is a very serious question is how much anyone can do about that without creating other, and often worse, problems.
Posts under ‘education’
A Letter from a Child
The mindset that sees children in school as an opportunity for teachers to impose their own notions, instead of developing the child’s ability to think for himself or herself, is a dangerous distortion of education.
Kevin Jennings — Unsafe for America's Schools
Few Obama administration appointments have been as startling as Education Secretary Arne Duncan’s appointment of Kevin Jennings
When Bush spoke to students, Democrats investigated, held hearings
Lost in all the denouncing and investigating was the fact that Bush’s speech itself, like Obama’s today, was entirely unremarkable.
Not Worth the Paper . . .
The education department has taken other questionable steps to boost graduation rates. The practical effect of this change is to destroy the work ethic of those students who’ve figured out how to game the system.
Pedagogy of the Oppressor
This ed-school bestseller is a utopian political tract calling for the overthrow of capitalist hegemony and the creation of classless societies. Teachers who adopt its pernicious ideas risk harming their students—and ironically, their most disadvantaged students will suffer the most.
