Dumming Down Are Kidz

Apologies to The Blogfather for appropriating the title of his book then deliberately misspelling it.

Neal Boortz tells us about what academics in Great Britain are doing to combat commonly misspelled words: accept the misspellings as OK.

Says Boortz:

Translation: If a student simply can't come up with the right answers ... start accepting the wrong answers as right. That solves your problem. American education at work.

We've had that here in American gummint-run skoolz for years. It's called inventive spelling.

I'm Part of The National Conversation

As an accused bleeding-heart, I'm honored that James T. is talking about a blog that I wrote on one of my hot button issues.

Re: What is an "unlicensed adult?"

WEAC sued WIVA a few years ago, contending that they're breaking the law by having parents directly involved in their children's educations.

Source: The Badger Blog Alliance – What is an "unlicensed adult?" (Lance Burri)

That went down about the time Gregg Underheim ran for state superintendent of schools. I saw him in Appleton and remember him talking about that lawsuit. The Teacher's Industrial Complex (TIC) named the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (WDPI) as co-defendants in that one. However, the WDPI files and amicus brief on behalf of whom? You guessed it, the TIC.

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn In School

Cross-posted at THEB.

Michelle Malkin on Charlie Sykes’s new book, 50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn In School: Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education.

Sykes has long been one of my favorite chroniclers of our dumbed-down education
and the corrupting effects of the self-esteem movement. I just received his new
book, set for release on August 21, titled “50 Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School:
Real-World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education.” Witty, acerbic, reality-grounded.
It’s a great purchase for college-bound friends/family or parents with
school-age kids.

Here’s the website for the book itself.

One thing’s for sure: it’s on my reading list.