I sent a letter off this morning to the Columbian newspaper in Vancouver regarding an opinion piece they printed on April 17, 2008
RE: Parent Involvement key to education by Elizabeth Hovde
It’s not the parents fault. It’s Dr. W. Horsley Gannt, G. Stanly Hall, James Earl Russell, James McKeen Cattal and Edward Thorndike’s fault. They all studied many years in Prussian Germany to bring that educational system to America.
By 1930 we got “look-say” method of teaching reading. By 1935 all of a sudden numerous types of reading disabilities popped up.
Learning to read was easy. This small circle of men valued Prussia and made our school systems about social control. They specifically did not want voracious readers and independent thinkers.
Something that is both free and compulsory is a big red flag.
In “To Kill a Mockingbird” Atticus courageously went against the whole town to stand up for someone wrongly attacked.
But Atticus didn't stand up for his kid, Scout. It was the 1930's and Scout got in trouble at school for already knowing how to read. He had to do it on the fly. Why?
Longer days in school are not the answer.
With these continually failing bureaucracies cries for reform are heard. Oh, yeah and more money.
When history is hidden from us we lose.
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