Monday, September 30, 2013

Defenders of science standards way ahead of their time

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Why is it that proponents of the Next Generation Science Standards want to inject religion into the discussion of the standards? In resp...

My article on the sham approval process of state science standards in today's Herald-Leader

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Here is an excerpt of my op-ed on Kentucky's science standards in today's Lexington Herald-Leader: This is the problem with scienc...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

New JCPS Slogan: "Not as bad as we used to be, but almost"

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Jefferson County Public Schools have reportedly (in stories that were the journalistic equivalent of happy faces) improved under Kentucky...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Florida governor orders state out of Common Core tests

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The War on Knowledge just ran into more opposition . Just days after former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush excoriated opponents of the Common Core ...

Is STEM a SCAM? Are all those predictions of future technology jobs really legit?

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There are two kinds of economic obsessions and both involve attempts at prophecy: The first involves predictions that the economic End is ...
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Saturday, September 21, 2013

Where is Common Core's thinking skills program?

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One of the reasons given by proponents of the Common Core, for not requiring particular content knowledge is that they are teaching kids ...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013

War on Knowledge to be discussed on Mike Allen Show today

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I will be appearing on the Mike Allen Show on Real Life Radio 1380 in Lexington, KY today at 5:00 est to discuss the War on Knowledge.

As state funding for KY schools declines, performance improves

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The announcement by Kentucky education officials yesterday of alleged improvements in the state's school system over the last few years ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The next battle in the academic left's War on Knowledge: Social studies standards

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Another tentacle has reportedly grown on the Common Core monster that promises to suck even more knowledge out of the minds of your children...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

BREAKING NEWS: Give up your guns, but ignore our violent programming

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BLANDERSON STUPOR: We interrupt this program to bring you a special report wherein we tell you about the recent shooting in the naval yard i...
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In Defense of Facts: Students know too much, say science standards advocates

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While most of us think that it is ignorance that needs to be stamped out, advocates of Kentucky's new unapproved and forcibly implemente...
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Monday, September 16, 2013

Perpetual Childhood: Are parents too involved in the lives of their grown children?

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When I was in high school, there was a very popular surfing movie called, "Endless Summer." It was about surfers who traveled the ...
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