70 Years Ago, Schools Were Already Warped (Wed., March 27, 2024)
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Joan Dunn, a schoolteacher, wrote a book about her experiences in Brooklyn schools circa 1953. It is a time capsule, showing that quite long ago the professors of education had substantially wrecked everything they touched.
I love this book. It’s a grand statement by a very smart sensitive person. Joan Dunn’s description of public schools appeared 70 years ago but already the public schools were a disaster, a crime scene, an intellectual slum.
(Book's full title is Retreat From Learning: Why Teachers Can't Teach. Not easy to find so I'm happy to tell you that it's on Archive.org )
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Word-Wise Education
757-455-5020
Bruce Deitrick Price
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Bio: Bruce Deitrick Price is a novelist, artist, poet, and education reformer.
(For a list of literary titles, visit Lit4u.com.
Still under construction but worth a look.)
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LET'S FIX EDUCATION: OVERVIEW
Recurring themes. Big ideas. Unifying concepts.
70 Years Ago, Schools Were Already Warped (Wed., March 27, 2024)
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Joan Dunn, a schoolteacher, wrote a book about her experiences in Brooklyn schools circa 1953. It is a time capsule, showing that quite long ago the professors of education had substantially wrecked everything they touched.
I love this book. It’s a grand statement by a very smart sensitive person. Joan Dunn’s description of public schools appeared 70 years ago but already the public schools were a disaster, a crime scene, an intellectual slum.
(Book's full title is Retreat From Learning: Why Teachers Can't Teach. Not easy to find so I'm happy to tell you that it's on Archive.org )
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Podcasts are presented as voice and print (i.e., TRANSCRIPT)
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Here are two ways to help…
Visit Education Reform
for a 2-page explanation
of what we can do.
When you need a smart gift,
give Saving K-12 .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Word-Wise Education
757-455-5020
Bruce Deitrick Price
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Bio: Bruce Deitrick Price is a novelist, artist, poet, and education reformer.
(For a list of literary titles, visit Lit4u.com.
Still under construction but worth a look.)
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LET'S FIX EDUCATION: OVERVIEW
Recurring themes. Big ideas. Unifying concepts.