Measuring Intelligence

Uh, oh…IQ tests! The subject of how smart someone is has been around for thousands of years, but it was not until Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon in the early 1900’s began developing a written test that “intelligence” came to be the subject of...

Time in School: Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto

I thought this might be of some interest to my readers. The idea that our children need less time in school and that schools stifle our natural curiosity has been put forward by teacher John Gatto for over 20 years now. It still draws criticism, but praise as well....