Category Archives: Education

Teaching reading to children.

Posted on November 12, 2022 by On the North River

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong There’s an idea about how children learn to read that’s held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists … Continue reading →

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Repost.Jobs: Hitting the glass ceiling of liberalized education.

Posted on September 26, 2022 by On the North River

I originally posted this in 2018.  Seems appropriate today. 410,000 people dropped out of the workforce (2018) We have a few storm clouds on the horizon. First, this was an OK-not-Great jobs report. I suspect some of the weakness is … Continue reading →

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Despotism (1946)

Posted on October 18, 2021 by On the North River

It was 1946 and this lost educational film on despotism was required curriculum at every high school in America. The associated test, 11 pages quizzed students on the concepts. By 1967, this film was removed from all libraries. The term … Continue reading →

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Schooled.

Posted on October 10, 2020 by On the North River

Teachers Unions Promise School Will Resume As Soon As The Teachers Are Done Campaigning For Biden U.S.—Facing growing frustration from parents over prolonged school closures, the American Federation of Teachers has released a statement promising school will resume just as … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday!

Posted on April 25, 2020 by On the North River

Born: Rudolf Walter Richard Hess, Apr 26, 1894, Alexandria, Egypt Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler and edited Hitlers book, “Mein Kampt”.   Making him the First Grammar Nazi!

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Don’t sweat the SAT’s

Posted on December 13, 2019 by On the North River

As Colleges Move To Do Away With The SAT In The Name Of Diversity, Detroit High School Valedictorian Struggles With Low-Level Math In 2016, MSU removed the requirement that all students at least take algebra in either college or high school. Algebra … Continue reading →

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Abolish the Dept of Education.

Posted on November 3, 2019 by On the North River

First Common Core High School Grads Worst-Prepared For College In 15 Years For the third time in a row since Common Core was fully phased in nationwide, U.S. student test scores on the nation’s broadest and most respected test have … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day: College Fix

Posted on October 25, 2019 by On the North River

“The only people that ever wanted to be in the Student government when I went to Purdue were the Marxists, Environmentalist, PETA, etc types. If you were to make a blacklist of people that shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near power, … Continue reading →

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Snowflake awakening.

Posted on May 16, 2019 by On the North River

What!  You can be arrested for breaking the law? Larceny is a felony.  Prepare to explain to Moms and Dads why you got kicked out of school.   Best comment on this, “She should be assigned community service, cleaning up at … Continue reading →

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When do we start fixing education?

Posted on March 24, 2019 by On the North River

9 Years Into Common Core, Test Scores Are Down, Indoctrination Up Common Core sucked all the energy, money, and motivation right out of desperately needed potential reforms to U.S. public schools for a decade, and for nothing. Instead, however, the … Continue reading →

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