Education Reform: Unspeakable Acts, Unnatural Practices

Unspeakable Acts, Unnatural Practices. This title of Frank Smith’s marvelous book debunking “scientific” approaches to reading is a good summary of current education reform. The unspeakable acts are finally drawing the necessary yet insufficient condemnation they richly deserve. The demeaning treatment of children in “no excuses” charter schools is a national shame, yet many schools […]