tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post112464146290399207..comments2023-10-24T10:06:05.391-05:00Comments on Instructivist: Rolling in doughInstructivisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-1124813643260816982005-08-23T11:14:00.000-05:002005-08-23T11:14:00.000-05:00Thanks for the quote, Catherine.The big foundation...Thanks for the quote, Catherine.<BR/><BR/>The big foundations claim to have learned from the Annenberg debacle. But as far as I am concerned, they are all tinkering around the edges. The educational enterprise is rotten at the core due to the dominance of the progressive/constructivist ed cult.Instructivisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01652458042291988959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-1124809674738445652005-08-23T10:07:00.000-05:002005-08-23T10:07:00.000-05:00I found it!I’ve never claimed to have psychic powe...I found it!<BR/><BR/><I>I’ve never claimed to have psychic powers, but I did predict that the $500 million that philanthropist Walter Annenberg poured into various school systems around the country, beginning in 1993, would fail to make any difference in the quality of public education. Regrettably, I was right.<BR/><BR/>BY APRIL 1998, it was clear that the much-ballyhooed effort had collapsed on itself. A Los Angeles Times editorial said, “All hopes have diminished. The promised improvements have not been realized.” </I><BR/><BR/>This is a quotation from Evan Keliher, "Guerrilla Warfare for Teachers: A Survival Guide"<BR/><BR/>http://teachmath.net/Newsweek.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9539359.post-1124809458731130892005-08-23T10:04:00.000-05:002005-08-23T10:04:00.000-05:00I'll have to try to find the story about the huge,...I'll have to try to find the story about the huge, enormous, vast Annenberg grant (I think it was Annenberg).<BR/><BR/>It did nothing. Zero.<BR/><BR/>People seem to be pretty stunned by the whole thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com