Geometry Is Useless. Teach It Anyway.
Three reasons from ten years of teaching Euclid.
What Schools Forget
Exposing how we traded educational freedom for institutional control, one forgotten historical truth at a time.
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The Reading List Behind Saturday's Article
The primary sources behind American schooling, from 1647 to 1987, with a note on each explaining why it matters.
The Two People a School Should Trust Most
Parents and teachers were ruled out of the decisions together, and nothing in the system has reconsidered it since.
Tangent Was Actually a Tangent. Secant Was Actually a Secant.
All six trig functions were once just lengths in a single diagram.
Your Grandparents Subtracted Differently
And maybe better.
Don't Teach SOHCAHTOA. Not Yet.
Before it was a ratio, sine was an arrow pulled back from a bowstring.
A Timeline of American Education in Primary Sources
A complete collection of primary sources related to the history of education in the United States
The Socialist Behind the U. S. Public Education System
On July 4th, 1826, Robert Owen declared war on property, religion, and marriage.
The Declaration of Independence Is Almost a Euclidean Proof
Jefferson borrowed Euclid's structure, axioms and all, to argue for independence.
Prime Factors: The DNA of Numbers
Prime factorization isn't just a chapter to get through. It's a window into the nature of number.