INTRODUCTION....7
THE ART OF TEACHING....11
The Art of Teaching / How to Teach History,
Etc. /
Tips for Helping Your Child Do Better in School /
100 Facts Every High School Graduate Should Know
/
Teaching Science / Jay Leno: Educator Of The Year /
The Best Way to Teach Anything??
HISTORY OF EDUCATION....25
English and Education / Phooey on John Dewey /
A Tribute to Rudolph Flesch
/
A Very Short, Very Sad History of American Education During the Last 100 Years /
John Dewey, Dumbing Down, and The Scandal of Dyslexia /
Educators
Are Best Understood as "Ignorance Engineers" /
MARIA MONTESSORI vs JOHN DEWEY (The Fight of The Century)
SOPHISTRY....43
Philosophy Weeps / On Bullsh*t & Sophistry /
Theoryland / 1984--The Cover Up /
Form, Function, Foolishness /
Students Need Recess and Exercise
INTERMISSION.....55
Mick Jagger an Intellectual?? /
A Letter
to the Pope: How To Do Latin Right /
The Wisest Little Book In The World /
A Smashing Victory /
Understanding Robots / Birds Like Us
READING
THEORY....63
A Tribute to Rudolph Flesch / The War Against Reading /
How To Help A Non-Reader to Read /
Interview With A Reading Coach: The Truth About Dyslexia /
Education
activist challenges Education Establishment: stop the lies about reading /
Whole Word versus Phonics /
How Dolch Words Cause Illiteracy and Dyslexia
/
Sites for Cheaters
FALSE
PROPHETS, FALSE PEDAGOGIES....89
Thinking Critically About So-Called Critical Thinking /
The Assault
on Math / Ivan Pavlov-- Education Goes To the Dogs /
The Con in Constructivism / Reading Nonsense
ENGLISH USAGE....101
In Praise of Stark Lucidity / Noun Overuse Phenomenon Article
/
Precision Worth Preserving
ARTS....113
The Creativity Question / The Plight of Poetry /
The Rules of Poetry
WHAT
TO DO....119
Education--The Dark Side / Teacher Liberation Front /
A Speech To Teenagers About Education
/
Who Will Save The Public Schools--Business Leaders, Teachers, or Taxpayers??? /
Saving the American Newspaper /
AFTERWORD
