Let's Fix Education / by Bruce Deitrick Price
Savvy, practical insights on where our Education Establishment went wrong and how most schools can be improved.LET'S FIX EDUCATION explains the many dysfunctional theories and methods operating within our schools. This podcast is intended for parents, teachers, and community leaders who want education reform.
Each week, LET'S FIX EDUCATION examines another problem in our public schools, such as: Constructivism. Learning styles. Sight-words. No memorization. Cooperative learning. Prior knowledge. Reform math. The dilution of knowledge. Common Core. Project-based learning. Student-centered, etc. In fact, there are DOZENS of counterproductive learning and teaching theories, all made worse by ideological motives.
Bio: Bruce Deitrick Price is a novelist, artist, and education reformer. He has analyzed the problems in education for more than 30 years. Price is the author of "Saving K-12: What happened to our public schools? How do we fix them?" (190 pages) His main education site is Improve-Education.org. For more information about book and author, visit Lit4u.com. Newest novels are "Frankie" (about a harmless robot) and "The Boy Who Saves The World" (about a boy who saves the world).
"Bruce Price’s SAVING K-12 is a MUST read! It is precise, concise and powerful. Action is required…for the sake of our children, our grandchildren and the future of the American Republic!” Robert W. Sweet, Jr., long-time President of The National Right to Read Foundation
Let's Fix Education / by Bruce Deitrick Price
Latest Episodes
Episode 196: Education reformers agree: Sight-words are a con (Wed, April 2, 2025)
Episode 196: Education reformers agree: Sight-words are a con (Wed, April 2, 2025)Please note, this short piece runs a few seconds over 5 minutes, that's all. And then you will understand the Reading Wars, and all the nonsense of t...
Episode 195: Wait. Can A Mere Boy Save The World?? (Wed, March 26, 2025)
Episode 195: Wait. Can A Mere Boy Save The World?? (Wed, March 26, 2025)My new novel is titled The Boy Who Saves The World. Thoughtful people want to know, could such a thing actually happen??? Ma...
Episode 194: The 8000-pound Guerrilla in the Classroom?? (Wed, March 19, 2025)
Episode 194: The 8000-pound Guerrilla in the Classroom?? Wed, March 19, 2025The Comintern was all about winning. An idea could be really quite nasty and barbarous. But if it would win, they did it.Promises changed. Len...
Episode 193, Big Picture Thinking: Wed, March 12, 2025
Episode 193, Big Picture Thinking -- Wed, March 12, 2025I want to celebrate the work of Linda Goudsmit. Her topic is understanding life in the 21st-century, the forces that are dragging it down, and how we can make it better.-----...
Episode 192: "Why are underperforming schools in American urban neighborhoods difficult to turn around?" (Quora Question) Wed, March 5, 2025
GREAT DOUBLE ARTICLE: a quick look at why we must have phonics. And a quick look at the career of Sue Dickson, who invented one of the best phonics programs. All of this in five minutes.---------------------------------------------------...
