I firmly believe that Mortimer Adler is one of the most misunderstood and neglected thinkers of the last one hundred years. Often labeled elitist and Eurocentric, people often confuse his views on education with people like Allen Bloom and Ed Hirsch, who advocate a kind of cultural literacy as a key component of education. On [...]
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Mortimer Adler: The Forgotten Educational Reformer
August 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Literature, Reading, Teaching
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Increase Student Reading Speed with Eyercize – Free Online Tool
April 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Reading, Teaching
If you have students who struggle with comprehension, it may be that their reading rate is too slow. Reading experts tell us that anything below 90 words per minute is probably too slow for understanding what we read. Some students may not realize that experienced readers read in groups of words, or chunks. Yet this [...]
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How to Adopt an Antediluvian Word
April 20th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Lessons, Teaching, Writing
Your students can prevent words like succisive, welmish or alogotrophy from fading into obscurity by adopting them through the Save the Words web site. When students visit Save the Words, they are confronted with a wall of lonely, unused words crying out for new homes. Literally. They cry out. Really. Try it.
As the Save the [...]
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