Only the US Dept of Education can do this. See 15 Profoundly Important Transformations they can provide. To understand what the Department of Education (DOEd) should do, please absorb these key facts: a) The US K-12 education system is in deplorable condition and progressively getting worse. b) Although there are multiple K-12 problems, the corruption of the curricula is BY FAR the most […]
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OK, my proposed War Room talk with Steve Bannon. Back in January, I was told that a certain individual had good connections with Steve Bannon and would get me an on-air interview with him for his War Room program. I’ve politely asked that individual to make the connection a few times now, but crickets. Since I was […]
Plus an analogy with using GPS for your vehicle… I’ve always been curious about how time zone lines were determined, especially when they do not follow State borders which would seem to have been the logical choice. There are several interesting examples in the US, but I choose Idaho. (See pix below.) Yes, Eastern Oregon […]
There are few national decision that are more important than this, so we MUST get this right! In my prior commentary on the Department of Education (DOEd), there were several readers who took issue with AI’s conclusion that it would be better to reform DOEd than kill it. (I fully agree with AI.) Many of these people were very […]
There are those who want to kill the federal Department of Education (DOEd) and leave our poorly performing public school system in the hands of fifty (50) states. Considering the dire situation K-12 public education is in, we simply can not afford to make the wrong choice here. As I’ve spelled out here, dissolving DOEd would be a monumental […]
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The public perception is that Dr. Michael Mann has become the standard bearer of climate change. After all, he invented the climate hockey stick idea, which has been relentlessly seared into the public’s consciousness by a complicit lamestream media. In effect, his graph has arguably been the premier example of real Science having been taken over by […]
We Now Have an Unparalleled Opportunity Available DOEd is involved with K-12, but even more so with higher education*. As attentive readers know, my focus is on K-12. Unfortunately, there is almost universal agreement — with solid evidence — that the US K-12 education system is an abject failure from multiple important perspectives. This is […]
A supportive reader suggested that I try out a new AI tool called NoteBookLM. I did and here are the basics of how it works: I submit several articles, reports, etc. on a topic of interest. (Note that it will accept up to 50 sources, and up to 500k words each!) AI digests these and comes up with […]
All of a sudden, with a new administration, there is a lot of interest in seeing classified files about the assassination of John F Kennedy (JFK) — like here. In that light, I thought it would be interesting to see again some fascinating parallels between the Kennedy and Lincoln assassinations. This is only a 2-minute video, so […]
Political science masquerading as Real Science Dr. Roger Pielke, jr is a well known person in the climate arena, although his Science credentials are a bit wanting (e.g., his Ph.D. is in political science). I worked with his dad (Dr. Roger Pielke, sr) for many years and he was a bona-fide climate scientist, and was […]
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We are in agreement that Critically Thinking citizens would be a MAJOR benefit to themselves (e.g., see here) and to America. Now that we have dismissed the specious argument that Critical Thinking is not teachable (and IS transferrable from one subject area to another), the question is: how do we teach it in K-12? I made a stab at this […]
Putting things in perspective… Every so often it’s a good idea to step back to see if we have things in proper perspective. With the daily whiplash of modern society it’s easy to lose our bearings. Let’s have a quick reset. Remember when… A quarter was a decent allowance, and it was made with real […]