Topic: John Dewey

The slow school bus to academic servitude
The slow school bus to academic servitude October 6, 2021 Dennis McGowan When Terry McAuliffe said, “I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” he was expressing a view with roots going back to the origin of public schools.
The ‘Democratic’ Transformation of America
The ‘Democratic’ Transformation of America February 5, 2021 Anthony J. DeBlasi After a century of “progressive democracy,” we have a large bloc of voters who accept political “corrections” like: men and women are interchangeable, children are the property of the state, unwanted babies are junk, and white skin is evil
My High School’s Drift from Excellence Reflects the Progressives’ Corruption of Public Education
My High School’s Drift from Excellence Reflects the Progressives’ Corruption of Public Education February 16, 2020 Anthony J. DeBlasi Before and after. Decline and fall.
A Cruel Obama Hoax: "Improve Education at All Levels"
A Cruel Obama Hoax: "Improve Education at All Levels" February 5, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price The president's promise is mocked by the fact that Common Core, his signature effort in this area, is now devastating education at all levels in all states that have embraced it.
Education Establishment: Giving Their All for Gold, Glory, and Gospel of Progressivism
Education Establishment: Giving Their All for Gold, Glory, and Gospel of Progressivism January 8, 2014 Bruce Deitrick Price Today's educators have something in common with the Spanish explorers of the 1500s.
Educational Collapse Metastasizes
Educational Collapse Metastasizes August 23, 2013 Bruce Deitrick Price The warped methods that plague primary school necessarily corrupt college students. Professors of "higher learning" need to learn this.
Dewey: Stalin's Propagandist, the World's Teacher
Dewey: Stalin's Propagandist, the World's Teacher May 22, 2013 Daren Jonescu The single most influential man in the history of public education published a book whitewashing Stalinist tyranny, and inadvertently revealing his real aims with startling frankness.
Facing the Hardest Truth on Public Education
Facing the Hardest Truth on Public Education April 3, 2013 Daren Jonescu A time for righteous anger, and the will to put a stop to more than a century of forced intellectual and moral decline.
Please Do Not Adjust Your Child
Please Do Not Adjust Your Child March 22, 2013 Daren Jonescu The American public education system is a machine designed to destroy young minds and characters. How can we assure that children prevail over it?
One Hundred Reasons to Abandon Public Education Now
One Hundred Reasons to Abandon Public Education Now February 27, 2013 Daren Jonescu Number 33: "In the first place, God made idiots. That was for practice. Then he made school boards." -- Mark Twain
Total Destruction of the U.S.: An Interview with Larry Grathwohl
Total Destruction of the U.S.: An Interview with Larry Grathwohl February 19, 2013 Daren Jonescu This may sound like science fiction, but it's a true story...and we have a man from the inside who knows all about it.
A Sleepy Compliance with Tyranny
A Sleepy Compliance with Tyranny February 7, 2013 Daren Jonescu The progressive ethic deifies subjective feelings, attitudes, and "values," in particular those which glorify the collective and debase the individual. "You didn't build that" is the resentfully anti-individual sentiment of a perfect dupe.
The Spoiled-Brat Syndrome
The Spoiled-Brat Syndrome January 13, 2013 Charles Battig Thanks to the modern educatonal system, the child has been conditioned to expect continual parenting, either from natural parents or from the ersatz parent-State. And children do grow up....