http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Bruce+Deitrick+Price Opinions Bruce Deitrick Price Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1553101&ca=Opinions If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be comical. Our schools seem to be run by Italian cruise ship captains. In a society, where everyone is immersed in language and surrounded by words, we somehow manage to have an illiteracy crisis. Recent government tests show that two-thirds of the kids entering mid... Opinions Bruce Deitrick Price Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1553123&ca=Opinions Many pundits note that our public schools are sunk in mediocrity. Bill Gates concluded the schools are so bad they threaten the country’s economic future. Less often noted is the obtuseness of so much that goes on in the schools. Professors of education seem to prefer flimsy theories and counter-pro... Education Bruce Deitrick Price Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1553155&ca=Education The country continues to be plagued by illiteracy. The reason is simple. The country continues to be under the heel of some of the most reckless and reprehensible “experts” imaginable. They make little children memorize the SHAPES of words, which most little children simply can’t do. Ergo, these chi... Opinions Bruce Deitrick Price Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=878377&ca=Opinions Many wonder why American public schools are so dysfunctional. Study American public education and you will probably reach a point where you are reluctant to look further; because you have started to sense just how perverse the field is, and how destructive many of its practices are. Throughout the 2... Education Bruce Deitrick Price Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=878389&ca=Education [Summary: Education has two basic components: Content and Form. All the rest is tinsel and trivia. Indeed, it often seems that irrelevant debates are created so that nobody focuses on the essentials. The Education Establishment doesn’t want you to see the obvious formula for success: teach important... Education Bruce Deitrick Price Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=829268&ca=Education Bill Gates said public schools are so bad they are a threat to the national economy and the society’s long-term survival. What should we do? Gates and, it seems, every group in the country is eager to offer policy recommendations that are supposed to fix education. Are they the answer? Or only a dis... Education Bruce Deitrick Price Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=829291&ca=Education Background: Nobody knows what the heck is going on. Even the country's leaders--the movers and shakers in business, politics and the community-- don't seem to grasp what is happening inside the public schools. Who can explain why there are so many methods that don't work as promised? Try to find eve... Education Bruce Deitrick Price Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=829307&ca=Education There is a conspiracy against testing. Clearly, the Education Establishment hates testing. We hear the jeers and catcalls every day in the media. In fact, this hostility has been a continuing chorus for 75 years. Do you wonder why? Simple. Ever since the time of John Dewey, the Education Establishme... Education Bruce Deitrick Price Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=829317&ca=Education Think of a detective investigating a crime scene. He moves tensely, searching for clues. The detective does not know what happened, and must deduce it from many little signs and traces. He can never relax--he might miss that crucial spot on the carpet. Finally, after years of trying to understand Wh... Opinions Bruce Deitrick Price Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1457592&ca=Opinions [SUMMARY: Public schools are bad because the Education Establishment, for 75 years, has made them that way.] Feeling brave? Got a cast-iron stomach? Not offended by decadence? Well, come with me and we’ll go for a stroll in the dangerous part of town, where society’s bad boys hang out. Yes, I’m talk...