Let's Fix Education / by 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
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 8 minutes
- Episodes
- 196
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
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 Readin…
Episode 195: Wait. Can A Mere Boy Save The World?? (Wed, March 26, 2025)
Episode 195: Wait. Can A Mere Boy Save The World?? (Wed, March 26, 2025)
My new novel is titled The Boy Who Saves The World. Thoughtful people want to know, could such a thing actually happen???
Many…
Episode 194: The 8000-pound Guerrilla in the Classroom?? (Wed, March 19, 2025)
Episode 194: The 8000-pound Guerrilla in the Classroom??
Wed, March 19, 2025
The Comintern was all about winning. An idea could be really quite nasty and barbarous. But if it would win, they did it.
Pr…
Episode 193, Big Picture Thinking: Wed, March 12, 2025
Episode 193, Big Picture Thinking -- Wed, March 12, 2025
I want to celebrate the work of Linda Goudsmit. Her topic is understanding life in the 21st-century, the forces that are dragging it down, and …
Episode 192: "Why are underperforming schools in American urban neighborhoods difficult to turn around?" (Quora Question) Wed, March 5, 2025
GREAT DOUBLE ARTICLE: a quick look at why we must have phonics. And a quick look at the career of Sue Dickson, who invented one of the best phonics programs. All of this in five minutes.
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Episode 191: How To Teach Philosophy Every Day (Wed, Feb 26, 2025)
Episode 191: How To Teach Philosophy Every Day (Wed, Feb 26, 2025)
Epoque Times, a great newspaper, presents a daily feature: great quotes from great minds.
So you know that, quickly and cheaply, all s…
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…
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;…
Episode 188: What IsThe Right Amount Of Linguistic Education For American Students? Wed, Feb 5, 2025
Many pundits have noticed that American students almost never learn a second language. This is a tragic loss.
What's the reason?
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Episode 187: There’s no Mental like Experimental (Wed, Jan. 29, 2025)
Episode 187: There’s no Mental like Experimental (Wed, Jan. 29, 2025)
In general, the public schools are more dull than ever, and much too devoid of substance. So look for antidote and remedies that …
Episode 186: What Do American Kids Learn In Grade One? (Quora question) Wed, Jan 22, 2025
Episode 186: What Do American Kids Learn In Grade One? (Quora question)
Wed, Jan 22, 2025
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Episode 185: Bullying! Cheating! Phones in class!... Everybody complains.... Nobody has answers.
Episode 185: Bullying! Cheating! Phones in class!... Everybody complains.... Nobody has answers. (Wed., Jan. 15, 2025)
The Education Establishment likes to whine. You may think they are expressing a l…
Episode 184: Why American Public Schools Can’t Teach Children To Read? The Secret Story
Episode 184: Why American Public Schools Can’t Teach Children To Read? The Secret Story (Wed, Jan 8, 2025)
It was a deal signed in blood, or if not in blood, then in IQ points. Keeping Sight-Words …
Episode 183: Celebrate the New Year with my Most Popular Podcast (Wed., Jan. 1, 2025)
Episode 183: Celebrate the New Year with my Most Popular Podcast
Wed., Jan. 1, 2025
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Episode 182: How To Teach More (Wed, Dec 25, 2024)
Episode 182: How To Teach More (Wed, Dec 25, 2024
For our Education Establishment an exciting new wrinkle would be 20 ways to practice collaboration. Their gift must be called what it is, sleep-induc…
Episode 181: My Italy Speech Revisited (Wed, Dec. 18, 2024)
Episode 181: My Italy Speech Revisited (Wed, Dec. 18, 2024)
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Italian is said to be the most beautiful language, the most phonetic l…
Episode 180: The Unrelenting Attack On Reading (Wed., Dec. 11, 2024)
Episode 180: The Unrelenting Attack On Reading (Wed., Dec. 11, 2024)
Starting in kindergarten, children need to read, and they need to learn basic information. Our public schools are designed to s…
Episode 179: Religion versus Science: where’s that go? (Wed., Dec. 4, 2024)
Episode 179: Religion versus Science: where’s that go? (Wed., Dec. 4, 2024)
Science or Religion, which do you prefer? Another question is, which do you hope is true?
My main generalization about the …
Episode 178: Big Pharma, Big Ed, and the Fauci Falsie (Wed., Nov. 27, 2024)
Big Pharma and Big Ed have a lot in common. Chicanery. Shenanigans. Blatant corruption. Lots of gullible victims. IMHO.
There seem to be people at the top of both industries who lack the gene for sham…
Episode 177: The Scariest Shift Is The Growing Indifference To TRUTH. Wed., Nov. 20, 2024
Episode 177: The Scariest Shift Is The Growing Indifference To TRUTH.
Wed., Nov. 20, 2024
Trump wants to get rid of the Department of Education. Here’s why that is good!
Our professors of education …