education

I read yet another article today praising the approach to teaching kids to read known as Direct Instruction.  It adds to the evidence that I suspect the primary problem with education in America is not lack of funds (the whole "I wish we had to have a bake sale for the military" line of argument) but instead the approach to education.  In the article linked above, a crowd responded positively to the idea that "creativity" is important in teaching kids to read.  And, being an artist of sorts, I resonate initially with the idea that creativity is something we need to make sure is not stifled or starved out of children (or adults, for that matter).