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The Implications of Being Anti-Education

by Ken JP Stuczynski | May 25, 2021 | Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture

We regularly see sentiments pitting the Trades against the Professions, as much as reasonable people recognize they are both indispensable parts of the same body. Some memes are outright mean, while others are simply calls to de-normalize parents’ and...

What an Inappropriate School Lesson Teaches Us

by Ken JP Stuczynski | Apr 22, 2018 | Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Society & Culture

In an 8th Grade classroom of a charter school in Texas, a teacher hands out an assignment: to list the “pros” and “cons” under the heading “The Life of Slaves: A Balanced View”. Of course this was inappropriate, but not for the...

The Pragmatism of Liberal Arts

by Ken JP Stuczynski | Mar 26, 2015 | Business & Economics, Education

{Long-hand notes for a job prep conference presentation given at D’Youville College, February 5, 2005.} Good morning. First of all, I’d like to thank Fran from the Career Development Center for inviting me. As always, it’s good to be home. Today, I am going to...

The Butterfly Ballot Effect

by Ken JP Stuczynski | Oct 30, 2014 | Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law

{The following is a letter I recently rediscovered, to my daughter’s teacher, dated 20 November 2000, who took it upon themselves to politicize the presidential election controversy of the time.} My daughter informed me of an unusual situation that occurred in...

TED Tuesday: Education as a Human Process, Not an Industrial One

by Ken JP Stuczynski | Aug 6, 2013 | Education, Society & Culture

This TED Talk is about what works and doesn’t work in education systems across the globe. And hidden among those lessons is one of “Command and control” …

Public Employee Benefits Are Out of Sync with Economic Reality

by Barry Fagin | Jul 29, 2013 | Business & Economics, Education, Philosophy & Ethics, Politics & Law

{Published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, Aug 19th, 2010} “Hypocrite! You’re always writing about how government needs to be smaller. But you work for a government institution! Why don’t you write about that?” I get e-mails like this from time to time, I...
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