Everything in the materials must be factual or labeled as speculative.

Regardless of the complexity involved in methodology, there is one really simple concept - you’re just trying to get an idea from here to there.

You teach them how to read and then teach them about books, classics, libraries and periodicals, etc. Teach them what fiction and non-fiction are and the difference between serious philosophy and easy going entertainment.

We sort of improvise correction as we go or we don’t see the need for corrections or we’re just too apathetic to put out the effort to correct something.

First of all, a good teacher is somebody you wouldn’t mind knowing or calling your friend. They are pleasant to be around and they are just interesting in some way or another.

In spite of all this investment, the US has fallen from 1st to 25th (or worse) worldwide in reading, math and science

It is more likely to involve meetings, proposals, public speaking, lobbying, protest and demonstrations.

These are just some of question you could ask. You will probably think of others. It is probably not as important what you talk about as it is that you just talk to them

Saying something is important when it isn’t produces a solution that is false, misleading and usually unworkable.

Many of the tenants of Progressive Education sound pretty good. Teach from involvement and by example,

One theory is that this “standardizes” education across the state and ensures that education meets certain minimums everywhere.

An old proverb says give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

In the past, knowing what was a good curriculum was general knowledge or something that educators learned,

Critical Thinking has been analyzed by experts in a hundred different ways

There are a few things that are priceless. Communication is one.

It wasn’t until writing was invented that education took hold and evolved.