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Saboteurs are successful at destroying an iceberg because they chip away at it with their puny butter knives for decades.
The rest of us abet this effort because we hide behind the mindset,
'So what? It's only a butter knife.'
All our current woes connect to the
K-12 education system.
Young adults born near or after the millennium have been significantly influenced by a broken education system that thrives on facade.
Our flagship expose:
CHAOS in our schools
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If Steel Mills Were Operated Like Public Education
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All that matters would be the paperwork managers submit to prove they are providing state-of-the-art instruction on the proper temperatures necessary to forge the alloy, what the iron-to-carbon ratio should be, and how to care for the equipment safely.
No one verifies any of this, by the way; the supervisors just scan the reports and check boxes on their compliance paperwork.
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The managers on the prowl for a promotion further document that they are emphasizing steelmaking concepts daily by pulling workers into small groups to provide extra tutoring and enrichment, a recognized best practice in steelmaking.
Our Model School
Sunday journal
Misson Statement
On Education:
Image of the Week
John F. Kennedy,
35th President of the United States.
Credit: Shared via Mark Cohen
on LinkedIn
"Regardless of whether it's indigenous issues, economic failures, shortages of fuel, food, or freedom of rights. It is time to learn from the past, let the negative emotions go, and make better decisions for the future."
-Michael Zeidenberg
Notable Viewpoints
Why Differentiation
Doesn't Work
"Differentiation is a failure, a farce, and the ultimate educational joke played on countless educators and students. By having dismantled many of the provisions we used to offer kids on the edges of learning, ... we have sacrificed the learning of virtually every student."
- Dr. James Delisle, in Education Week
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
Albert Einstein
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle
The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you.
B.B. King
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
Nelson Mandela
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