Educational Outrage

An Occasional Column by Roger C. Schank

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Archived columns:

Column #46, March 18, 2008, "Just the Facts, Ma'am"

Column #45, February 26, 2008, "Engaged Learning"

Column #44, February 11, 2008, "Death to the Standardistas!"

Column #43, December 28, 2007, "Hooray for the Democrats! Hooray for More Accountability!"

Column #42, November 1, 2007, "America Business Hasn't A Clue"

Column #41, October 15, 2007, "Sometimes a Drum is Just a Drum"

Column #40, September 26, 2007, "Cave Man Didn't Have Classrooms"

Column #39, August 8, 2007, "Go Martin County, Beat Gilchrist County"

Column #38, July 26, 2007, "A Mid-Summer's Light Humor"

Column #37, July 6, 2007, "An Invitation to Participate in a Groundbreaking New Online Learning Experience"

Column #36, June 15, 2007, "Good News on Math?"

Column #35, April 26, 2007, "One More Time: Rich Folks Misunderstand Education Reform"

Column #34, April 6, 2007, "My Grandson Visits"

Column #33, March 22, 2007, "I Failed the FCATs! (complete with PowerPoint presentation)"

Column #32, March 18, 2007, "Now I am Disgusted!"

Column #31, February 15, 2007, "Does the Business Community Give a Damn About Kids?"

Column #30, January 26, 2007, "Never Discussed"

Column #29, January 13, 2007, "Preparing for a Fictitious College"

Column #28, January 2, 2007, "In Defense of What Doesn't Work"

Column #27, December 15, 2006, "Wrong Problem, Wrong Solution"

Column #26, November 3, 2006, "The 7th P"

Column #25, October 19, 2006, "Cash Those Chips"

Column #24, September 18, 2006, "The Football Coach of the History Teacher?"

Column #23, September 1, 2006, "The Library Metaphor"

Column #22, March 6, 2006, "Abdication educational responsibility"

Column #21, August 2, 2005, "Universities: revising what can’t be revised- why it is important to build on-line universities"

Column #20, May 29, 2005, "Is Trump Academic?"

Column #19, November 4, 2003, "Competition, Education, Or Dedication?"

Column #18, March 17, 2003, "Admission and Standards In An Online Program"

Column #17, July 4, 2002, "A Funny Thing Happened..."

Column #16, May 2, 2002, "The Future Of Virtual Universities"

Column #15, March 18, 2002, "$105 Million To Grade Tests?"

Column #14, February 21, 2002, "It Is Those Terrible Fig Newtons That Are The Problem"

Column #13, February 8, 2002, "What is an Educated Mind?"

Column #12, October 12, 2000, "The Students Respond"

Column #11, July 11, 2000, "Are Computers the Bad Guys In Education?"

Column #10, June 6, 2000, "So, What Do We Do About It?"

Column #9, January 11, 2000, "Politicians Don't Get It, Do They?"

Column #8, October 8, 1999, "Performance Recognition"

Column #7, August 17, 1999, "Evolution Of The Times"

Column #6, June 18, 1999, "The Professor Fails The Test"

Column #5, May 18, 1999, "And Now Let's Test The Teachers"

Column #4, April 23, 1999, "Going Off On A Tangent"

Column #3, April 6, 1999 "It Is Required"

Column #2, March 17, 1999 "Why Do We Have To Learn This?"

Column #1, February 12, 1999 "What's Wrong With Standards?"