A century or so of bad teaching

The cult of the expert, and other plagues, didn’t come upon us entirely without warning, as old books and magazines show.  

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The Founders’ Faith

Some American history, from Citizen Magazine (emphasis in original): …Today, there are some — mainly on the Left — who paint the Founders not as Christians but as Deists, believers in an impersonal creator who left his creations to fend for themselves. But while that description fits less than a handful of the Founders, to [...]

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A brief history of numbers

Liber Abbici, published in 1202, was not the first book in the West to advocate the use of arabic numerals instead of Roman. James M. Kushiner points to earlier works in the short post How We Got Our Numbers.

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The Founding of America

I caught today’s Focus on the Family broadcast – which turned out to be Part 2 (of 2) of “The Founding of America,” with David Barton. I’m looking forward to listening to Part One when I can carve out some time later, and to listening to Part Two again. There are suggested resources at the [...]

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Truth and the teacher

This retirement speech by a social studies teacher is worth a read. hat tip: Touchstone’s Mere Comments

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Women groomed for a career…

… often come to wish they’d learned more about being a wife and mother. Like this lady.

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Undereducated and overschooled

You know about Homo academicus saecularis sinister, although probably under another name. Let Anthony Esolen tell you more about them, as he makes observations about The Real World.

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“What Education Ought to Be”

Ronald W. Kirk looks at what education used to be like, how it has degenerated, and why it must improve. He especially addresses Christians who have been settling for too little, both in their children’s education, and in their own lives. See: Publisher’s Corner: What Education Ought to Be. hat tip: Phil

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Parental discretion advised (updated)

Parents, grandparents, aunts, and uncles, you probably need to know about what the NEA and the UN are up to, what Northwestern University has been up to, and what Germany has been up to. My apologies for the content, but this is what you’re up against. This is related: You’re Teaching My Kid What?

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Food for thought: on education

hat tip: Barbara Curtis

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