Meeting participants often must make decisions on complex, important problems. Discussions can wander all over the spectrum. To get order, just furnish each participant with a copy of The Scientific Method Today. Start at ingredient one and have a little discussion on observations about the problem. Then go on to ingredient two and present the […]
ACT has issued a new report that says only about half of our nation’s ACT-tested high school students are ready for college-level reading. This seems to be a good report. It is available online at ACT’s website. It shows that African Americans and Hispanic Americans fare worst in the test. The report doesn’t mention it, […]
Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. They sure did this for me. When I published my book End the Biggest Educational and Intellectual Blunder in History I knew that many publications wouldn’t review it because it revealed the biggest educational and intellectual blunder in history in […]
While many states are requiring students to pass algebra to graduate from high school, there are plenty of people who oppose it.
Professor Gerald Bracey has spoken out against this practice for years. In his column in the March/April issue of Teacher, Ron Wolk, founder of Education Week and Teacher magazine speaks out against too much […]
The New York Times Sunday Magazine (2/26/06) had an article about all the copy cats of No Child Left Behind (no vote left behind, no democrat left behind, etc.). So I’m joing the crowd with No Intellectual Left Behind. Here’s the paradox - our top intellectual leaders push our teachers to leave no child behind […]
I really am happy despite all my aches and pains. I just learned that Google book search has now put my book End the Biggest Educational and Intellectual Blunder in History on the internet. Thank you, Google, for this birthday present and for your contribution to the advancement of knowledge. Anyone interested doesn’t have […]
The February 23, 2006 issue of The Wall Street Journal has an article about how big employers, in their search for skilled workers, are backing career-driven summer camps. This is great, but they should also get behind my movement to teach the scientific method in all grades across the curriculum. This would increase the skills […]
The scientific method is a guide to mental activity stages. However, it also serves the purpose of being a discipline for those following it. It keeps them on the right track, trains them not to ignore contrary evidence, encourages them to be ethical, seek creative solutions, to test, etc. Thus, it lives up to its […]
An article by Mindy Sink with the above title appeared in the Science Times section of The New York Times on February 21, 2006. It describes a growing movement of Cafe Scientifiques that has sprung up. These are informal meetings in cafes, bars, etc. at which scientists answer questions from attendees about science. Sigma […]
Today is Presidents’ Day. Although this is a day to celebrate our country’s presidents, it reminds me of my problem with presidents of our educational and intellectual organizations. In the years since the publication of my first pamphlets and special reports, I have written to many organization presidents. The results have been disappointing. None has […]
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