Category Archives: Education

The Costly War on Painful Education

Posted on November 7, 2015 by Luke Ford

Robert Weisberg writes: Pain is inescapably part of life and a pre-requisite to accomplishment (“no pain, no gain”). But, that said, fortunes await those who can promise all the benefits sans any pain—think miracle weight loss pills. Most of these … Continue reading →

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The Long Crusade: Profiles in Education Reform, 1967–2014 II

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Luke Ford

Comments to Steve Sailer: * Educational Realist: The courts have been the biggest bane of public education. It supported the progressive educators, or in many cases created rights that not even progressive educators had dreamed up. Progressive educators, who wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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The Long Crusade: Profiles in Education Reform, 1967–2014

Posted on November 4, 2015 by Luke Ford

Steve Sailer writes: My old friend Raymond Wolters, a professor of history at the U. of Delaware for 50 years, has come back from five months in the hospital waiting for his lung transplant to write the first narrative account … Continue reading →

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Teacher Assault

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Luke Ford

Comments: * I know an ex-Philadelphia teacher who was nearly killed in a Philadelphia high school and was left with terrible PTSD. He apparently said something to a student that the student interpreted as “dissin’ him” and the next day … Continue reading →

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Education Professor: ‘Forced busing’ didn’t fail. Desegregation is the best way to improve our schools.

Posted on October 24, 2015 by Luke Ford

Comments at Washington Post: * Can we start with your kids, professor? * Shorter Version: Society wasn’t failed by liberal policies, liberal policies were failed by an unworthy society! * No sane mayor or city council, no matter how liberal, … Continue reading →

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