articles by Vincent Ryan Ruggiero about education
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11, 2017
Education’s Failing Grade
In 2016, Minneapolis scholar Katherine Kersten reported that public schools were the most dangerous places in St. Paul, MN. The [...]
19
11, 2015
What Constitutes Teaching Thinking?
After publishing my recent essay titled “Whatever Became of Critical Thinking?” I received a very appropriate question from a reader: [...]
10
11, 2015
Whatever Happened to Critical Thinking?
When Arthur was in the first grade, the teacher directed the class to “think.” “Now, class,” she said, “I know [...]
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10, 2015
The Real Problem In American Education
For decades whenever American students have tested poorly in comparison with their peers in other developed countries, public outrage has [...]
30
07, 2015
The Elephant in the Classroom
For well over a century, the phrase “elephant in the room” has been used to denote a situation that is [...]
19
06, 2014
Critical Thinking and Common Core
The designers of Common Core claim that critical thinking is an important part of the program. As someone who has [...]
20
03, 2014
Humor and Learning
Why do many teachers have the attitude that learning is such serious business that any hint of humor undermines it? [...]
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03, 2014
Educators Still Don’t Get It
In a 2013 interview with the NY Times, Laszlo Bock, senior operations VP at Google, reported that the company now [...]
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11, 2013
The Role of Attitude in Learning
The role of attitude is often ignored in discussions of educational achievement. One reason is that the usual definition of [...]
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11, 2013
What’s Really Wrong with Education
It was recently revealed that the “Common Core” curriculum crams partisan political ideas into children’s minds. For example, a grade [...]