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Big Boy's Neighborhood

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When the show ends, Big Boy's Neighborhood gets raw and uncut with the things they couldn't say on the air. Real conversations about everything from sex to home life. Check it out everyday after Big Boy's Neighborhood.
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Savvy, practical insights on where our Education Establishment went wrong and how most schools can be improved.LET'S FIX EDUCATION explains the many dysfunctional theories and methods operating within our schools. This podcast is intended for parents, teachers, and community leaders who want education reform. Each week, LET'S FIX EDUCATION examines another problem in our public schools, such as: Constructivism. Learning styles. Sight-words. No memorization. Cooperative learning. Prior knowle ...
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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 problem…
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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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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 t…
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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. --------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODCAST or read TRANSCRIPT. ---------------------…
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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. -------------------------------------------------------------- Listen to PODCAST or read TRANSCRIPT. ----------------------------------------------------------- --…
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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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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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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 outc…
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