Image by David Mark from Pixabay When James Naismith invented basketball in 1891, he placed the net 3 metres above floor level. That is still the official height of a basketball hoop. But let’s imagine that the net has been lowered one centimetre every year, without telling anyone. The change would not be noticeable from year to year, … Continue reading Basketball hoops and education
public education
How did our education system get where it is today?
The best description I have read of the thinking behind our public education system is Les déshérités (The Disinherited) by Francois-Xavier Bellamy, published in France in 2014. Bellamy traces the root of modern educational thinking to the philosophies of René Descartes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. René Descartes (1596-1650) believed that all knowledge could be attained by … Continue reading How did our education system get where it is today?
Flatlander Faith 