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homeAbout / News / Contact1: English and Education2: In Praise Of Stark Lucidity3: Latin Lives On + Greek Lives On4: An Inquiry Into Modifier Noun Proliferation5: Noun Overuse Phenomenon Article6: Let's Get Serious About Education (first published 2006)7: A Smashing Victory8: A Metalinguistic Inquiry Into F9: Philosophy Weeps10: MAX Your Creativity11: What's All This Talk About Digital?12: "MAP" ALERT13: Precision Worth Preserving14: THEORYLAND15: "1984"--The Cover Up16: The Plight of Poetry17: Understanding Robots18: Tao Te Ching (followed by "Notes on the Spiritual Life")19: Form, Function, Foolishness20: The Quizz (or: Facts Are Fun!)21: A Tribute to Rudolf Flesch22: On Bullsh*t & Sophistry23: The Creativity Question24: Birds Like Us25: Phooey on John Dewey26: How To Teach History, Etc.27: Ivan Pavlov-- Education Goes To the Dogs28: Tips for Helping Your Child Do Better in School29: The Rules Of Poetry30: The War Against Reading31: Teacher Liberation Front32: Teaching Science--Science Is Fun33: How To Help A Non-Reader To Read34: The Con in Constructivism35: Most Eminent Authority In Reading-- Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld36: The Assault on Math37: Whole Word versus Phonics38: Saving Public Schools39: How To Teach Physics, Etc.40: Sight Words -- Dolch Words -- The Big Stupid41: Educators, O. J. Simpson, and Guilt42: Reading Resources43: American Basic Curriculum44: The Myth of Automaticity45: The Crusade Against Knowledge & Memory46: American Public Schools Designed To Fail47: Teach One Fact Each Day48: You Still Teach Sight Words??!!49: How Do We Learn & Teach50: Leading Boys to Reading51: Learning Styles: How Educators Divide Kids52: The Conspiracy Chronicles53: Education Establishment Hates MathLETTERS & COMMENTSThe Education EnigmaREADING THEORYINDEX/ SITE SEARCH /GOODIESEducator of the YearImprove Education BLOG
Welcome to Improve-Education.org 
This site presents essays by Bruce Price dealing with
LANGUAGE, CULTURE, and EDUCATION.
Some essays first appeared years ago in the Washington Post, Word Ways, Princeton Alumni Weekly and Verbatim. Most are recent. All share a passion for intellectual endeavor and educational achievement. Click titles below:

 
 

1. English and Education
2: In Praise Of Stark Lucidity
3: Latin Lives On
4: An Inquiry into Modifier Noun Proliferation
4: Noun Overuse Phenomenon Article = Nounspeak
Let's Get Serious About Education
A Smashing Victory
A Metalinguistic Inquiry Into F
Philosophy Weeps
MAX your creativity
Digital Art
map alert
precision worth preserving, grammar must be taught
THEORYLAND--EPIC POEM
"1984"--The Cover Up

The Plight of Poetry
Understanding Robots
Tao Te Ching

FORM, FUNCTION, FOOLISHNESS
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Rudolf Flesch American education
On Bullsh-t & Sophistry
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Birds Like Us--A Nature Study

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Teaching History

Ivan Pavlov Harms Education

TIPS FOR HELPING CHILDREN
THE RULES OF POETRY
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Teacher Liberation Front
Teaching Science So Science Is Fun
How To Help A Non-Reader To Read
The Con in Constructivism
Samuel Blumenfeld--Authority in Reading
The Assault on Math
Whole Word versus Phonics
Saving Public Schools--A New Paradigm
How to Teach Physics
Sight Words--The Big Stupid
Educators, O. J. Simpson and Guilt
42: Reading Resources
43: American Basic Curriculum- Parallel Education
44: The Myth of Automaticity
45: The Crusade Against Knowledge and Memory
public schools seem designed to fail
Teach one fact each day
sight words? you still teach sight words?
How do we learn? How should we teach?
50 LEADING BOYS TO READING
Learning Styles--Educators Divide and Conquer
conspiracy chronicles
letters & comments

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NEWEST: 43: American Basic Curriculum... 44: The Myth of Automaticity ...45: The Crusade Against Knowledge & Memory... 46: American Public Schools Seem Designed To Fail.... 47: Teach One Fact Each Day.... 48: Sight Words??!! You Still Teach Sight Words??!!....49: How Do We Learn? How Should We Teach?....50: Leading Boys To Reading/ Books For Boys..... 51: Learning Styles / How Schools Divide & Conquer....52: The Conspiracy Chronicles..... 53: The Education Establishment Hates Math

 
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