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Judge Andrew P. Napolitano While the political commentators in the nation’s capital are wrapped up in the debate over what to do about ISIS, and as one third of the Senate and nearly all members of the House campaign for re-election, the president’s spies continue to capture massive amounts of personal information about hundreds of […]
DAY 7: The Skinner Horror Files The Influence of Thorndike Lives On.… Edward Thorndike“Thorndike introduced the concept of reinforcement.” Beware! When the media mouthpiece for the neoconservative education agenda (The Wall Street Journal) uses words “true mastery” and “practice,” parents MUST understand that “they” are recommending use of the Skinnerian Direct Instruction although “they” obviously aren’t going […]
Lousisiana Governor Bobby Jindal Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal blasted reports Tuesday that teachers are being reprimanded for speaking out against Common Core standards on social media. A teacher in Rapides Parish, in Alexandria, La., was “written up” for writing a negative post on Facebook about the controversial standards, according to Town Talk. “This is a […]
Day 5: Skinner Horror Files Skinner Troubles with Direct Instruction/Mastery Learning The following blog post is an excerpt from Appendix XXV of my book the deliberate dumbing down of america. It is the second of a two-part alert series in the late 1990s that comprised this particular appendix. This is the best summary of what exactly […]
A Couple Loose Analogies Picture totalitarianism on one end of a scale and anarchy on the other. Both have issues but for different reasons. Totalitarianism is like Capital “D.I.” Direct Instruction where they attempt Prussian style education of forcing knowledge into heads. Here’s your task, repeat it. Constructivism is akin to anarchy. Anarchy always always […]
Day 4: Skinner Horror Files The Next Generations of Programmed Instruction This post is a history lesson taken directly out of my book the deliberate dumbing down of america, Appendix XXV. This appendix has two alerts that were sent out in the late 1990s that warned about how Skinner’s form of operant conditioning education (the original […]
In the Schools Today 2004 was my pivotal year. My oldest was in 3rd grade and I discovered that Alpine School District was no longer teaching the times tables or long division to children and hadn’t for at least 3 straight years. What in the world was happening? Alpine and several other districts had partnered […]
Day 3: The Skinner Horror Files Programmed Instruction: An Introduction Exhibit 1, p. 163 Exhibit 1 is from a 1971 textbook Psychology Applied to Teaching by Robert F. Biehler (Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston). This photo illustrates the early use of Skinner’s PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION in the classroom using a “teaching machine” computer. In order to understand what has […]
If the Senate doesn’t pass the USA Freedom Act after the midterm elections, a key section of the Patriot Act could expire Two members of the US House of Representatives are warning that a failure to pass landmark surveillance reform will result in a far more drastic curtailment of US surveillance powers – one that […]
Your car is listening to your every word and recording it in the manufacturers permanent database It’s so exciting to purchase a new car and sync your smart device up to it so you can make calls while on the road. Nearly every new car comes equipped with integrated on-board computing to make your driving […]
Sacrilege! Direct Instruction is bad??? By the end of this 3 part article I hope to explain what I mean by this before my homeschool and charter school friends storm the castle, though they do have something to ponder. Background: What Motivates Us I recently listened to a book on tape called “Drive,” by Daniel Pink. […]
31 Days of B.F. Skinner Horror Stories Because so much education reform rests upon Skinner’s methods and ideologies, it is time to tell the truth. The next 31 days this blog will be posting current and historical information about the true nature of Skinner’s “education” that has been foisted upon our nation’s children. “I […]
Big Brother is not only watching, but gathering more power The modern surveillance state is referred to as an electronic police state because it uses technology to monitor people in order to detect and punish dissent. The authorities exert social control through spying, harsh law enforcement, and by regulating “privileges” such as the ability to travel. […]
Day 2: The Skinner Horror Files It depends on what the meaning of the word “charters” ‘is’… Salon article published HERE Here are excerpts from the Salon article above: Bill Clinton weighed in on the debate over charter schools this week, warning that the publicly funded yet autonomous schools must keep their “original bargain” if they want […]
(And all others with children in private & religious education!) Read Part 1 By Betsy Kraus, 3D Research Group UNESCO: WORLDWIDE STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR ALL EDUCATION The U.N. (United Nations) advocates Communist Common Core education for all students on this planet, no matter the religion and no matter whether the school is public or […]
Think about that and then look around you. Globalization is standardization of systems. In order to have a single government, all of the systems have to be the same. The systems have to be the same so that they can be monitored, measured, and controlled, all at once. Uniformity is a requirement. Systems. What are […]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Oakland, California, debates creating a one-stop shop for video/data surveillance Opponents fear the ability to track people with “the press of a button” will threaten civil liberties Central data surveillance poses serious privacy questions for millions around the globe Operations in London, Boston, Rio have resulted in success stories (CNN) — Some residents of […]
Negotiators from across the Atlantic met this week in Chevy Chase, Maryland to continue discussing the terms of the EU-US trade agreement, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). This is the seventh round of secretive meetings, and not much is known about the exact issues that are on the negotiating table. However a press […]
Families face paying up to £40 extra each year for wind and solar farms to meet climate change targets after the government revised its energy price forecasts. The subsidy required for each unit of renewable electricity will rise after the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) conceded that gas was much cheaper than it […]
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If our 21st Century Lives were just a televised game of Jeopardy, the title would be the answer that would be linked to the championship. The correct question would be: What are the real goals envisioned when Education Reformers, politicians, and Political Radicals use the misleading term ‘standards’ in K‑12 education? When that transformative Global […]
Dr. Stanley Monteith Dr. Stan Monteith, age 85, founder and radio program host of Radio Liberty, broadcasting out of Santa Cruz, California, passed away September 29, 2014, of lymphoma in a hospital in Santa Cruz, California. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones. Dr. Stan will be greatly missed by his many radio fans […]
The problem with censorship, apart from the loss of personal liberty not to have governments intervene in what we think and how we must act, is two-fold if you are a wanna-be Steerer of Human Keels in the 21st Century. Some information always gets through and everyone knows that their flow of information is being […]
“Private property must be guarded as priceless freedom. Land owners should reject the sustainable development idea that only government can protect nature, air, soil, water, open spaces, and the poor.” Dr. Ileana Johnson Paugh Humans have always desired to own a piece of land that could be passed on to their heirs. Once they acquired property for […]
Sustainable Development is the blueprint being used across America and around the world to implement the United Nations Agenda 21 Programme.
