‘Education’ Archives
Parents have no ‘right’ to homeschool their kids, says Justice Department
Natural News | May 13, 2013 By Lance Devon Individual liberty is being burned at the stake, as governments set fire to people natural rights. This time it has everything to do with homeschooling. It all started in Germany. Uwe and Hannelore Romeike were raising their five [Read More]
15 year old girl, kidnapped by German police, given psychiatric evaluation for being home schooled
Xrepublic | April 15, 2013 Comment from Old-Thinker News: The modern schooling system derives much of its current state from its Prussian roots. Children are treated as empty vessels – rather than human beings with rich souls to be nurtured to their full potential [Read More]
Video: Neil Howe and William Strauss on “The Fourth Turning”
Youtube | March 31, 2009 Neil Howe and William Strauss appear on C-SPAN to discuss the release of their 1997 book, The Fourth Turning. In this clip, they discuss the historical significance of turnings, as well as offer prescient predictions as to where America may be [Read More]
Why the Education Bubble Will Be Worse Than the Housing Bubble
USNews | June 12, 2012 By Antony Davies Absent congressional action, the interest rates on federally subsidized student loans will double to 6.8 percent on July 1. Both President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney have urged Congress to act before that deadline, but [Read More]
$1.1 million-plus Gates grants: ‘Galvanic’ bracelets that measure student engagement
Washington Post | June 11, 2012 By Valerie Strauss In the ‘you-can’t-make-up-this-stuff’ category, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is spending about $1.1 million to develop a way to physiologically measure how engaged students are by their teachers’ lessons. [Read More]
Indoctrinate the World: Gates Foundation Hijacks Education Policy
Old-Thinker News | May 23, 2012 By Daniel Taylor Foundations have always enjoyeda cozy relationship with government, but the Gates Foundation has taken the game to a whole other level. In the past tax exempt foundation influence was more subtle and hush hush; Now they are [Read More]
Foundations’ Newfound Advocacy
Inside Higher Ed. | April 13, 2012 By Doug Lederman Comment from Old-Thinker News: The Gates Foundation has taken the lead from the Rockefeller Foundation – which first began the mission for altering the nation’s schools – in re-making education. More [Read More]
Documentary: Children Full of Life
Youtube | April 2, 2012 Comment from Old-Thinker News: Thanks to James Corbett of the Corbett Report for recommending this film. This film offers a glimpse into a different culture and a different take on what an education truly should be. As a westerner, I am struck by how [Read More]
Video – Anya Kamenetz on the ‘debt generation’
Youtube | Feb 29, 2012 Comment from Old-Thinker News: Anya reveals one of the hidden mechanisms of societal control here. College is a “…sorting mechanism.” [Read More]
The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto
Youtube | Feb 2, 2012 From theultimatehistorylesson.com: The Ultimate History Lesson is a 5 hour course, illustrating the cause and effect relationship of how Americans became incoherent, and thus how the American dream has was usurped by an international agenda. When John [Read More]