Monthly Archives: April 2022

Do We Still Need Public Schools?

Posted on 22 April, 2022 by Sandra Stotsky

Sandra Stotsky, April 2022 Do we still want a chief policy maker in in the Department of Education with little classroom teaching experience beyond grade 5 who has never administered a middle or high school? No particular ethnicity or race … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Memorization

Posted on 9 April, 2022 by Pearl Leff

by Pearl Leff I once worked at a small company of insanely productive engineers. They were geniuses by any account. They knew the software stack from top to bottom, from hardware to operating systems to Javascript, and could pull together … Continue reading →

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