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Hard Times Calls for Educational Reform

Written by Sarah Bylsma November 12, 2013January 29, 2014

  “Now, what I want is Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them” (Dickens). Long has gone the … Continue reading “Hard Times Calls for Educational Reform”

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