Comments for Education http://www.edbasic.com Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:41:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Parents should visit college classrooms by Duran, Jessica “Living the Life” « lsinghasri http://www.edbasic.com/?p=771#comment-376 Duran, Jessica “Living the Life” « lsinghasri Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:41:20 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=771#comment-376 [...] Ford, Brad. Parents should visit college classrooms. August 19, 2011. <http://www.edbasic.com/?p=771> [...] [...] Ford, Brad. Parents should visit college classrooms. August 19, 2011. <http://www.edbasic.com/?p=771&gt; [...]

]]> Comment on Restore Home Economics to the Curriculum, Bring Back the American Family by Add More Home Economics and Industrial Arts to Curriculum | Education http://www.edbasic.com/?p=1362#comment-375 Add More Home Economics and Industrial Arts to Curriculum | Education Sun, 29 Apr 2012 10:00:01 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=1362#comment-375 [...] Additional article on this site . . . [...] [...] Additional article on this site . . . [...]

]]> Comment on Jesus Is Not Welcome In Public Schools by Bob Ellis http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3695#comment-374 Bob Ellis Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:29:44 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3695#comment-374 I have a copy of the New England Primer. It has more theological truth in it than a lot of books you'll find in a Christian book store today. It was a central textbook in our school system for many, many decades after the American Revolution. But now that we've gotten rid of it, we can have sex in the back of the classroom and school shootings. We really traded up, didn't we? I have a copy of the New England Primer. It has more theological truth in it than a lot of books you’ll find in a Christian book store today. It was a central textbook in our school system for many, many decades after the American Revolution. But now that we’ve gotten rid of it, we can have sex in the back of the classroom and school shootings. We really traded up, didn’t we?

]]> Comment on Can Student Loan Default Bring Down the US Economy? by Can Student Loan Default Bring Down the US Economy? | Education | Investing http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3616#comment-370 Can Student Loan Default Bring Down the US Economy? | Education | Investing Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:48:41 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3616#comment-370 [...] Can Student Loan Default Bring Down the US Economy? | Education Posted in Loans Tags: america, federal, fiscal-management, may-well, seems-hopelessly, [...] [...] Can Student Loan Default Bring Down the US Economy? | Education Posted in Loans Tags: america, federal, fiscal-management, may-well, seems-hopelessly, [...]

]]> Comment on Rich Liberal Politicians Avoid Urban Public Education “Prisons” by Gordon Howie http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3393#comment-366 Gordon Howie Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:36:06 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3393#comment-366 This is another area where South Dakota continues in the wrong direction. A few years ago the Legislature passed a change in the mandatory attendance age in our state, from 16 to 18. It cost the state about $4,000,000 per year, placed unmotivated and hostile teens in the classroom to disturb serious students and disrupt the classroom. This added another challenge to teachers who are already pushed to the limit as they try to deliver an education to their students. I opposed the bill. It passed. The following year I brought a bill to repeal the new requirement. It failed in our Republican controlled Legislature. I think Kristi Noem brought a repeal bill the following year... it didn't survive either. This is another area where South Dakota continues in the wrong direction. A few years ago the Legislature passed a change in the mandatory attendance age in our state, from 16 to 18. It cost the state about $4,000,000 per year, placed unmotivated and hostile teens in the classroom to disturb serious students and disrupt the classroom. This added another challenge to teachers who are already pushed to the limit as they try to deliver an education to their students. I opposed the bill. It passed. The following year I brought a bill to repeal the new requirement. It failed in our Republican controlled Legislature.
I think Kristi Noem brought a repeal bill the following year… it didn’t survive either.

]]> Comment on Liberal Bias in Schools Is Subtle, Invisible, Insidious by Brad Ford http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3298#comment-365 Brad Ford Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:50:48 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3298#comment-365 <i>Don't forget to read the comments for the Wiant article. This one recounts another experience with liberal orthodoxy that indoctrinated teachers might not even see as such:</i> Like the words "liberal" and "progressive", the meaning of "fairness" is being twisted and corrupted by the left, and the indoctrination starts early when our kids are very young. I remember one library book I read to my daughter when she was around 5, I think it was called the "Rainbow Fish", about a fish that was covered with beautiful, colorful, iridescent scales, but all of its compatriot fish were just a dull gray. The Rainbow Fish was made to feel sad that its beauty made all the other fish feel bad. In the end, the Rainbow Fish was convinced that it was only fair to give each of the other fish one of its beautiful scales, so that everyone could be happy. I was so angry when I realized the point of this whole story, and that it was nothing but collectivist propaganda. Don’t forget to read the comments for the Wiant article. This one recounts another experience with liberal orthodoxy that indoctrinated teachers might not even see as such:

Like the words “liberal” and “progressive”, the meaning of “fairness” is being twisted and corrupted by the left, and the indoctrination starts early when our kids are very young. I remember one library book I read to my daughter when she was around 5, I think it was called the “Rainbow Fish”, about a fish that was covered with beautiful, colorful, iridescent scales, but all of its compatriot fish were just a dull gray. The Rainbow Fish was made to feel sad that its beauty made all the other fish feel bad. In the end, the Rainbow Fish was convinced that it was only fair to give each of the other fish one of its beautiful scales, so that everyone could be happy. I was so angry when I realized the point of this whole story, and that it was nothing but collectivist propaganda.

]]> Comment on Forget about Public Education Until the Family Returns Home by Angel Hix http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3158#comment-361 Angel Hix Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:06:19 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3158#comment-361 Hi Gordon, My husband just made a beautiful bench seat for our family table, the kids can slide in easier, and get out easier, We have our 6:12:6 routine here with 6:00 breakfast/noon Lunch/6 supper....with all 4 boys, mom and dad at the table..and homeschooling taboot. You are right it is doable if we choose our children over materialism. Hi Gordon, My husband just made a beautiful bench seat for our family table, the kids can slide in easier, and get out easier, We have our 6:12:6 routine here with 6:00 breakfast/noon Lunch/6 supper….with all 4 boys, mom and dad at the table..and homeschooling taboot. You are right it is doable if we choose our children over materialism.

]]> Comment on Faculty Are Weaker Than Ever. So Is American Education. by Gordon Howie http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3169#comment-358 Gordon Howie Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:17:50 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3169#comment-358 Brad, This is excellent! Would you be able to do something with me on camera about this today? Brad,
This is excellent! Would you be able to do something with me on camera about this today?

]]> Comment on Forget about Public Education Until the Family Returns Home by Gordon Howie http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3158#comment-356 Gordon Howie Sat, 10 Mar 2012 13:34:23 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=3158#comment-356 Brad, as usual, you are spot on. Family gathering every day around the dinner table seems to be gone from the American scene. Brad, as usual, you are spot on. Family gathering every day around the dinner table seems to be gone from the American scene.

]]> Comment on Teacher Evaluations Should Be Shared with Parents by Verity Sanctum http://www.edbasic.com/?p=2996#comment-355 Verity Sanctum Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:43:36 +0000 http://www.edbasic.com/?p=2996#comment-355 Good Luck with this idea! Data Privacy laws & Union intervention will likely prevent any personal evaluation of teachers (especially negative) from ever reaching parents. I served on a school board, and such items were never to be discussed even at your family coffee table, let alone in a public setting! The revenge of the NEA is an extremely powerful weapon! No wonder so many educators kowtow to their giant protector! Good Luck with this idea! Data Privacy laws & Union intervention will likely prevent any personal evaluation of teachers (especially negative) from ever reaching parents. I served on a school board, and such items were never to be discussed even at your family coffee table, let alone in a public setting! The revenge of the NEA is an extremely powerful weapon! No wonder so many educators kowtow to their giant protector!

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