Let's Fix Education / by Bruce Deitrick Price

Bruce Deitrick Price

Savvy, practical insights on where our Education Establishment went wrong and how most schools can be improved.LET'S FIX EDUCATION explains the many dysfunctional theories and methods operating within our schools. This podcast is intended for parents, teachers, and community leaders who want education reform. Each week, LET'S FIX EDUCATION examines another problem in our public schools, such as: Constructivism. Learning styles. Sight-words. No memorization. Cooperative learning. Prior knowledge. Reform math. The dilution of knowledge. Common Core. Project-based learning. Student-centered, etc. In fact, there are DOZENS of counterproductive learning and teaching theories, all made worse by ideological motives.  Bio: Bruce Deitrick Price is a novelist, artist, and education reformer. He has analyzed the problems in education for more than 30 years. Price is the author of "Saving K-12: What happened to our public schools? How do we fix them?" (190 pages) His main education site is Improve-Education.org. For more information about book and author, visit Lit4u.com. Newest novels are "Frankie" (about a harmless robot) and "The Boy Who Saves The World" (about a boy who saves the world).  "Bruce Price’s SAVING K-12 is a MUST read! It is precise, concise and powerful. Action is required…for the sake of our children, our grandchildren and the future of the American Republic!” Robert W. Sweet, Jr., long-time President of The National Right to Read Foundation

  1. Episode 196:  Education reformers agree: Sight-words are a con (Wed, April 2, 2025)

    APR 11

    Episode 196: Education reformers agree: Sight-words are a con (Wed, April 2, 2025)

    Episode 196:  Education reformers agree: Sight-words are a con (Wed, April 2, 2025) Please note, this short piece runs a few seconds over 5 minutes, that's all. And then you will understand the Reading Wars, and all the nonsense of the last 100 years. (Urgent note: you might be better off reading this as TRANSCRIPT because I'm explaining the problems of sight-words by illustrating how similar most English words are to many other  English words. For example, a sight-word reader would see these words as hugely similar: light, tight, flight, height, mighty, sights, blight, bright, fight, nightly ... 2nd urgent note: the Reading Wars started exactly 100 years ago and the Comintern  has been winning ever since. Please pass this episode to parents of young children.) ------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODCAST or read TRANSCRIPT. ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- Word-Wise Education 757-455-5020 Bruce Deitrick Price ******** LITERARY NEWS ******** "The  Boy  Who  Saves  The  World"                 (ebook and paper)          A Smart, Emotional Thriller -----------------------------------------------  Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it. Support the show

    2 min
  2. Episode 190: No more Department of Education?? Wonderful idea!!  (Wed, Feb 19, 2025)

    FEB 19

    Episode 190: No more Department of Education?? Wonderful idea!! (Wed, Feb 19, 2025)

    Episode 190:   No more Department of Education?? Wonderful idea!!  A silly question on the Internet: If the Department of Education is dismantled, then how are kids going to receive their education? No, the Department of Education is the repository of bad ideas and bad ambitions. Get rid of it and let more mainstream people take control of K-12. -----------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODCAST or read TRANSCRIPT. ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- For a 2-page explanation of how everyone can help, visit  Education Reform  When you need a smart gift, give Saving K-12 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word-Wise Education 757-455-5020 Bruce Deitrick Price --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************LITERARY NEWS: "The Boy Who Saves The World"                now available in ebook and paper A Smart Thriller For Most Readers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it. Support the show

    7 min
  3. Episode 189: Government Tests Confirm Decline     (Wed, Feb. 12, 2025 (but late)

    FEB 15

    Episode 189: Government Tests Confirm Decline (Wed, Feb. 12, 2025 (but late)

    Episode 189: Government Tests Confirm Decline   Episode 189: Government Tests Confirm Decline  -- Wed, Feb. 12, 2025 (but late) (First let me mention this is the first deadline I missed in three years; my email provider stopped doing its job for two or three days.) Main news: EducationNext.org reports that we have been mired in shrinking academic outcomes for more than a decade,. And everything.continues to get worse. “We’ve always had an achievement gap. It was getting worse prior to the pandemic. Since 2019, it has exploded and we can’t tell yet if it’s done growing.” ------------------------------------------------------  --------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODCAST or read TRANSCRIPT. ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- For a 2-page explanation of how everyone can help, visit  Education Reform  When you need a smart gift, give Saving K-12 . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Word-Wise Education 757-455-5020 Bruce Deitrick Price --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************LITERARY NEWS: "The Boy Who Saves The World"    now available in ebook and paper A Smart Thriller For Most Readers Small graphic is the cover. -------          -------           --------         ------   visit my lit site: Lit4.com   ( book  # 7  ) ------------------------------------------------------ Let's Fix Education explains to Americans why their schools are so bad. The people in charge prefer mediocrity because they are socialists of one kind or another. If people work together to promote real education, we'll have it. Support the show

    8 min

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Savvy, practical insights on where our Education Establishment went wrong and how most schools can be improved.LET'S FIX EDUCATION explains the many dysfunctional theories and methods operating within our schools. This podcast is intended for parents, teachers, and community leaders who want education reform. Each week, LET'S FIX EDUCATION examines another problem in our public schools, such as: Constructivism. Learning styles. Sight-words. No memorization. Cooperative learning. Prior knowledge. Reform math. The dilution of knowledge. Common Core. Project-based learning. Student-centered, etc. In fact, there are DOZENS of counterproductive learning and teaching theories, all made worse by ideological motives.  Bio: Bruce Deitrick Price is a novelist, artist, and education reformer. He has analyzed the problems in education for more than 30 years. Price is the author of "Saving K-12: What happened to our public schools? How do we fix them?" (190 pages) His main education site is Improve-Education.org. For more information about book and author, visit Lit4u.com. Newest novels are "Frankie" (about a harmless robot) and "The Boy Who Saves The World" (about a boy who saves the world).  "Bruce Price’s SAVING K-12 is a MUST read! It is precise, concise and powerful. Action is required…for the sake of our children, our grandchildren and the future of the American Republic!” Robert W. Sweet, Jr., long-time President of The National Right to Read Foundation