by admin | Jan 22, 2018 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Reviews, Uncategorized
Government audits reveal win-win for education and choice Government audits[i] [ii] undisputedly prove that Durham Public Schools’ total revenue increased for its students in 2017 over 2016 despite a slight decrease in enrollment. Both revenue statements...
by admin | Apr 11, 2015 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Reviews, Uncategorized
CURRICULUM CRITIQUE: SCOTT, FORESMAN’S “DISCOVER SCIENCE” [When organizing some digital archives on this rainy Saturday, I came across this paper that I had written in the early 1990’s while taking a course for a lateral entry teaching...
by admin | Sep 14, 2014 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Letters to the Blogger, Reviews, Uncategorized
[The following is the text of a brief address that I gave to an assembly of students at Charter Day School, Leland, NC in 2004. I have repeated it several times since and now share it with you on the anthem’s 200th anniversary.] Our 20th President James...
by admin | Mar 29, 2013 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Politics, Politics - NC, Reviews
Washington, DC – A chatty little diatribe titled “Scary reading in charter school bill” graced the WaPo on March 28. Confounding misinformation with ignorance in breathtaking fashion, the near-sighted worthy confuses nearly sky-high, out-of-sight accountability with...
by admin | Apr 23, 2011 | Reviews
by Carson Robison and the Pioneers April 10, 2004 – With the sudden collapse of vaudeville in 1928 due to the “talkies,” many top entertainment stars were suddenly looking for new venues for their talents. At a chance NY city street corner...
by admin | Apr 23, 2011 | Education - K-12, Learning and Education, Reviews
by Susan Pass August 30, 2008 – How anyone can read Vygotsky’s work and conclude that he was a constructivist is beyond me. Pass doesn’t get a pass twisting Vygotsky for her own purposes. Forget her. Read Vygotsky and Piaget for yourself and see the...
