Correction: “The ‘renowned’ progressive educator, John Dewey,….”My granddaughter teaches English and this year she’ll also cover History on the 6th Grade Level in OKC. My best friend’s wife is a recently retired Broken Arrow Tech Ed Teacher, and my great granddaughter’s mother is a teacher in TX. I’ve heard more about what’s going on in Public Schools than I care to know. Several years ago, the Tech Ed Teacher was shoved against the wall by an unruly student and her shoulder was injured. She was instructed NOT TO CALL POLICE and to allow administration to handle the 13 year old punk. He was back in her class before the end of the week (I presume the School Administrator was a proponent of Obama’s Promise Program).
My opinion is that School Administrators are, all to often incompetent with more concern for implementing ‘progressive’ social change than insuring that kids actually (God Forbid) learn something. There are good school systems, but they’re not like when I was young. I’ll remind you that the National Teachers Union successfully petitioned the FBI to investigate parents who were vocally opposed to indoctrinating children in Critical Race Theory. That group is greatly responsible for the deterioration of the effectiveness of education in the United States The renounced progressive educator, John Dewey, would be proud. Here is one of his quotes when he was serving as the US Commissioner of Education 1889:
“Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over education from happening. The average American (should be) content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role.” His work lives on; need I say more?