tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post1907863391604710342..comments2024-03-28T05:35:07.354-04:00Comments on Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: This guy oversees the lives of children?Lisa Nielsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07759123507185453030noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-53031695484278083202013-03-09T14:35:18.634-05:002013-03-09T14:35:18.634-05:00Hi Lisa,
I'm so sorry you had this experienc...Hi Lisa, <br /><br />I'm so sorry you had this experience. I think rigid thinking, in general, means that person has quit learning. The fact that he resorted to ad hominem attacks says to me that he isn't all that confident in his position and must bully others into agreeing with him. This is a sad, sad situation. His rants and tirade about communism makes me think he's a fearful thinker and fearful thinking doesn't help anyone learn. It becomes a dreaded lockstep in which there's a dictator at the helm.<br /><br />Keep pushing the status quo!<br /><br />--HeatherHMSJourneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589760211346892695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-45393799357504316412013-03-08T09:01:11.260-05:002013-03-08T09:01:11.260-05:00Hi Lisa,
There are some very good public (and free...Hi Lisa,<br />There are some very good public (and free) Montessori schools as well. In fact, the below article was on the front page of the Saint Louis Post-Dispatch just a couple of weeks ago.<br />Not only are suburban families moving into the city to because of City Garden Montessori's reputation, but the neighborhood itself is being revitalized because of the draw of the school.<br />Thank you for spreading the word about Montessori, Reggio and other models of education that meet the wide array of children's developmental needs.<br />http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/charter-school-s-success-boosts-city-neighborhoods/article_3d11e703-6c04-5943-8807-45ce06ae9e02.html<br />Sincerely,<br />AidanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-5023318099617949002013-03-07T09:42:40.983-05:002013-03-07T09:42:40.983-05:00"Crazy Like a Fox" might be the scariest..."Crazy Like a Fox" might be the scariest book on education. The demeaning way he speaks about children is beyond offensive. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10956056168256756705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-57609299393442569072013-03-06T11:29:26.402-05:002013-03-06T11:29:26.402-05:00The oldest play in the book...if you can't dis...The oldest play in the book...if you can't discourse logically and respectfully, resort to blanket (and ignorant) character assassination. <br /><br />Keep up the good fight, Lisa! You're spot on with calling it like it is. Theresa Lodehttp://www.theresalode.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-45703467106384341652013-03-06T10:45:45.431-05:002013-03-06T10:45:45.431-05:00Sadly, this is not uniquely deplorable behavior by...Sadly, this is not uniquely deplorable behavior by a principal. Last year in the course of opting our then third-grader out of the state tests, our principal was very understanding and saw to it he was evaluated with a portfolio instead; but more than one friend of mine met with abusive behavior -- one in particular was accused by his child's principal of being a union stooge (I guess that's the same as being a Commie) and threatened with arrest for truancy if he kept his child home on test days. I think Bloomberg's people actively promote that genre of principal -- those who browbeat parents into towing the line and ridicule anyone who objects to the all-testing-all-the-time model of education as "making excuses." Well, as a parent with one child in a true progressive public school -- CPE1 in east Harlem -- and another being home-schooled, I would welcome a conversation any time with this guy about educational methods and values and how children and their parents should be treated! I'm delighted you got under his skin. He's probably not educable, but these people need to know they're not going to be in charge forever -- Jeff Nicholshttp://jeffnichols.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-89071556432351785852013-03-06T10:10:56.625-05:002013-03-06T10:10:56.625-05:00I couldn't agree more. True Montessori educati...I couldn't agree more. True Montessori education (not just Montessori-ish) is incredible and out of the price range of the vast majority of Americans. Standard preschools where I live are mostly church-run and tend to push academics too early, making little three-year-olds write with pencils, learn the alphabet, etc. A Montessori approach, teaching children "practical living," grace & courtesy, etc., would be 100% better for the students and more productive overall. But most families can't afford $10,000 a year (average cost of Montessori where I live) per child. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-22858172296682717372013-03-06T10:03:22.671-05:002013-03-06T10:03:22.671-05:00Thank you Lisa, for speaking for so many of us!Thank you Lisa, for speaking for so many of us!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-23620034279219184222013-03-06T08:46:15.838-05:002013-03-06T08:46:15.838-05:00The MSM has already expropriated the term "re...The MSM has already expropriated the term "reformer" and is now branding "progressive education" as communist... I hope John Stossel is going to ask you to comment on schooling... WayneGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08543901568804017623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8318734518772387227.post-76658544775981275732013-03-06T08:40:25.500-05:002013-03-06T08:40:25.500-05:00There's a "Ben Chavis" entry in Wiki...There's a "Ben Chavis" entry in Wikipedia... Not in online Britannica (in an out of print edition, perhaps?). Does that make him right about Wikipedia?<br /><br />Rigidity and snap judgments is seldom the mark of open-minded solution finders. Doubt is THE best way to learn... but I'm not quite sure ;o).<br /><br />This type of encounter, it would seem, is unavoidable when one rattles the cage of status quo. Thanks for rattling that cage, Lisa, and keep on helping people think things through like you do!Marc-André Lalandehttp://www.youtube.com/lalandemanoreply@blogger.com