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Are we a Nation Eating and Drinking its Way to Idiocy – Part 1/2
Did you know that eating white bread is similar to drinking a soda, or eating a sugar rich candy bar or consuming a piece of pie or cake? White bread, along with potatoes, corn, carrots, white flour,...
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A Short History of America’s Middle Class – Part 1/3
There are many ways to prove that America’s public education system is not a failure and is an INCREDIBLE success. This time, I will offer the rise of the modern American middle class as an example:...
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A Short History of America’s Middle Class – Part 2/3
Another way to trace the rise of the modern-day-middle class may be through life expectancy (see Part One), education, and the shift in population from rural to urban settings. In 1870, only 2% of...
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A film with a clear political agenda against teacher unions
We went to see ‘Won’t Back Down’ with Maggie Gyllenhall and Viola Davis, a film that ignores many facts of a complicated issue that causes students to turn out illiterate and schools to be considered...
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A Teachable Moment with “Gifted Hands”
If you are a teacher or a serious parent more concerned about his or her child’s future as a working adult than a child having fun and/or being entertained all of the time, then this may be a teachable...
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James Patterson’s advice for parents
My wife and I walked to town today and saw the new Alex Cross movie with Tyler Perry. We enjoyed it and recommend it but consider reading the novels first. James Patterson is the author of the Alex...
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Focusing too much on the gods of football, baseball and basketball
I agree with a post I read at the quiet voice that there is too much of an emphasis in America’s public schools on sports and not enough focus on academics. But is that the fault of the public schools...
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What makes Education Toxic?
A comment left for a post—NC Teacher: “I quit”—on Diane Ravitche’s blog made a good point, and I posted a reply: I think you have made a great point or at least inadvertently focused a spotlight on an...
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A literacy-based Racist Conservative Religious/Political Agenda
My parents were both high school dropouts, but I grew up seeing them read books almost every day and that was probably the most important reason I did not grow up illiterate or functionally illiterate....
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Mapping Dropouts Around the World
This info-graphic is Courtesy of Online Colleges.net Discover more about about this topic in Not Broken
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Learning from the world’s best in education or not
Why can’t the United States learn from the best education systems in the world? The Huffington Post reported that Finland and South Korea top country rankings while the U.S. is rated average at 17th...
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An Alternative to a School Suspension or Expulsion
I walked to town this morning to see The Family, a film with Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Tommy Lee Jones. But this post is not about The Family. It’s about a Contra Costa Times headline I...
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Starting school at age seven—some claim—would be better: Part 1 of 5
View as Single Page The UK’s Telegraph reports, “Formal schooling should be delayed until the age of six or seven because early education is causing profound damage to children, an influential lobby...
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Starting school at age seven—some claim—would be better: Part 2 of 5
View as Single Page Why can’t America just copy what Finland does in its public education system? Because Finland’s population of 5.2 million is almost 100% white and 79% belong to the same religion,...
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Starting school at age seven—some claim—would be better: Part 3 of 5
View as Single Page Comparing the on-time high school graduation rate by race for the entire United States shows a truth many may not want to admit. And before you blame it on racism and...
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Starting school at age seven—some claim—would be better: Part 4 of 5
View as Single Page What factors in America’s Black community/subculture play an important role that makes it difficult to achieve functional literacy? Poverty Rate by Race/Ethnicity [Source: Kaiser...
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Starting school at age seven—some claim—would be better: Part 5 of 5
View as Single Page America is a complex multicultural, multiracial country with the world’s third largest population behind China and India. Finland doesn’t compare. If you are still not convinced,...
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The Ravitch Transformation—an educated awakening
Until recently I had no idea who Diane Silvers Ravitch was. After all, America has the third largest population [316 million] in the world after China and India, and I have trouble just remembering...
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Are children really hungry to learn?
Chris Morris writing for Plugged In may have accidently revealed that all children are not hungry to learn—as some public school critics want us to believe. Morris wrote, “You have to give school...
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What parents can learn from “The After School Routine”
Because I use the WordPress platform to Blog, I will Reblog the occasional post from another WordPress Blog that I want to share. But this time, the post is from a Blog that uses Blogger as its...
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