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...characterizations of national figures are sharp and entertaining. William McKinley "was a hometown saint who never stole a cent." Al Capone "walked into a bar and emptied a six-shooter into the head of a gangster called Joe Howard. Three men saw him do it, but between the murder and the inquest two were overcome by amnesia and one went missing." Senator Joe McCarthy "was a bully and a liar who belched in the face of the Bill of Rights...
Coupling commercial techno-kitsch with the masterworks of Van Gogh and Picasso is like crossing the book Private Parts by Howard Stern with the Civil War diaries of Mary Chestnut. Thank you, Vegas, for your attempts at high art, but no thanks. A Warholian approach might have been more fitting. DOUG HATCH Madison...
...specifically to MI ideas or practices. I should have thought I would be respected rather than penalized for this conservative stance. In due course, the validity of the theory of separate intellectual capacities will be judged by scientists, its utility by educators. I am optimistic about their verdicts. HOWARD GARDNER, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education Graduate School of Education Harvard University Cambridge, Mass...
...thanks to Howard Gardner. His accessible writings have made it easy for the layperson to understand what psychologists have known for decades--that our intellect is more than our IQ. We should also consider the work of outstanding social scientist Mary Meeker, who publishes intellect-boosting tests, workbooks and software. Since 1996 our firm has provided the Meeker model to almost 150 schools serving more than 60,000 youngsters. These schools have documented statistically significant increases in academic achievements. By developing intellectual strength and stamina, students increase their mental power and endurance--whether they are learning math, the grammar...
...Howard Gardner, along with other education gurus, deserves a large amount of the blame for the low achievement of public school students. Teachers take a shred of truth--in Gardner's case, that students have different aptitudes and learning styles--and manipulate it into the absurd, so that students build boats instead of reading and writing about European settlers. These education theorists have replaced knowledge with process, phonics with whole language, merit with relevance and rigor with self-esteem. As a teacher who plans to retire soon, I shudder to think what the future holds for our youth if these...