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.)

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Bottom line: There was always a strong stain of subversion in our country since 1921 when the Comintern announced its intentions.

This article will explain to you once and for all time why sight-words are useless and destructive.

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Note the small graphic with this article. It shows how most English words are very similar to many other English words. For example, light, might, bright, tight, weight, trite, blight, light. You as a real reader can sound out the differences. But your seven-year-olds going to first grade will not have that edge or that understanding. They will soon be lost unless they are taught the letters and the sounds.

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.

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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 experts speculate that robotics and AI can end up anywhere you can imagine.... as in this thriller.

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"The  Boy  Who  Saves  The  World"   
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         A Smart, Emotional Thriller

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Available in e-book for $7.77 and in paperback for $19.99

Author’s website is lit4u.com (which presents nine novels
and two nonfiction books about K-12 education).

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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.

Promises changed. Lenin promised: “Land, bread, peace.” The peasants got none of that. Did you notice the casual way Kamala went from hating fracking to “Sure, I like fracking.”

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“I Led Three Lives” --  Give this episode 10 minutes and 

you'll understand what it is to be a spy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKxUD7ryxdE

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******** LITERARY NEWS ********
"The  Boy  Who  Saves  The  World"   
             (ebook and paper)
         A Smart, Emotional Thriller

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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 how we can make it better.

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"The  Boy  Who  Saves  The  World"   
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         A Smart, Emotional Thriller 

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       visit Lit4u.com   (book  # 7)

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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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*************LITERARY NEWS:
"The Boy Who Saves The World"   
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A Smart Thriller For Most Readers

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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 schools can teach philosophy all day long. Use Epoque Times or create your own feature.

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*****************LITERARY NEWS:
"The Boy Who Saves The World"   
             (ebook and paper)
A Smart Thriller For Most Readers

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visit my lit site: Lit4.com   ( book  # 7  )

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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.

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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.

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For a 2-page explanation
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When you need a smart gift,
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757-455-5020
Bruce Deitrick Price

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*************LITERARY NEWS:
"The Boy Who Saves The World"   
            now available in ebook and paper
A Smart Thriller For Most Readers

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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.

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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.”

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For a 2-page explanation
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When you need a smart gift,
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757-455-5020
Bruce Deitrick Price

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*************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.

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visit my lit site: Lit4.com   ( book  # 7  )

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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.

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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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For a 2-page explanation
of how everyone can help,
visit  Education Reform 

When you need a smart gift,
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Word-Wise Education
757-455-5020
Bruce Deitrick Price

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LITERARY NEWS:
"The Boy Who Saves The World"   
now available in ebook and paper
A Thriller For Intellectuals

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visit my lit site: Lit4.com   ( book  # 7  )

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PHONICS ALPHABET  --  where you start

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVeP6JISfyw

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