Public schools are so jam-packed with fake pedagogies, it's hard to pick a champion.  Certainly, Sight-words would seem to be the poison pill without equal.  But that program's greatest impact occurs in the first few years; its destructive force is plainly visible to the public; and if our community leaders, newspapers, and education officials would do their job, they could stop the thing in no time flat. Constructivism, while not quite so dramatically evil, is more widespread, more hidden, and more insidious.  It now appears in every grade from kindergarten to college.  It is used in every subject.  So one can say that Constructivism, in total havoc caused, is on a par with Sight-words. My goal is to show that Constructivism, despite dominating and indeed destroying our school culture, is a flimsy bit of nothing.  It pretends to be pedagogical imperatives sent down from heaven.  In fact, Constructivism is nothing more...(Read Full Article)