Book Review

4 12, 2014

The Story: The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

by Oliver DeMille Where's the Value? She shook her head. “I just don’t think it’s that important,” she said. “Why would anyone read Little House on the Prairie to their kids? There are so many other books to read, like scripture and important works of [...]

23 09, 2014

Research on Core Phase: The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

by Oliver DeMille  The Problem The report is entitled: “Nurturing Children: Why Early Learning Doesn’t Work.” It was written by Andrea Mrozek of the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, and I was especially struck by three important ideas: 1)     “Probably the greatest myth that [...]

2 09, 2014

Traditions and Dimensions: The Weekly Mentor by Oliver DeMille

by Oliver DeMille A Review of Allen Levie’s “The Visual Tradition,” unpublished paper Educational/Political/Social thinker Allen Levie has an interesting and often refreshing way of reframing things. I was recently struck by his description of three types of education: Learning built on the oral tradition [...]

26 02, 2014

Reading Rules! – The Weekly Mentor, Oliver DeMille

Writing In Books is Vital to Real Learning “Are you kidding me?” I asked in amazement. “Are you serious?” The girl must have been surprised by my intensity, because she asked carefully, “Is something wrong?” “Are you seriously telling me that your parents don’t want [...]

30 10, 2013

Two Kinds of Education (Plus One): The Weekly Mentor

By Oliver DeMille There is an excellent book by John F. Heath entitled, When Bright Kids Can’t Learn: How New Brain Research Can Help Your Child. I highly recommend it. Perhaps the most significant contribution of the book, at least for me, is the idea [...]

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