The Revolution In Education

Mr. Raichle has an exciting and revolutionary theory for education.

Because he taught every grade from First through Twelfth, his experience is all encompassing.

His students are both state and national award winners.

Mr. Raichle is listed in Who's Who Among America's Teachers, as well as, recipient of the Minnesota State Historical Society's Award For Excellence In Teaching.

To read more about his revolutionary theory click here,
http://www.worldwidepolka.com/EduSelectPage.html

To read about his talented students, click here
http://www.worldwidepolka.com/MNKids.htm

To see his students on YouTube, click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6pYlmJprU

To hear his amazing students sing Mickey Mouse, click here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGx1UMD34uo

Category:

Education

Tags:

• revolution
• education
• theory
• compulsory
• grade
• placement
• achievement
• tests
• state
• erik
• raichle

[isabella2215]

I didn't know what would make me happy, successful or prosperous at 12. I've changed career several times. My broad education enabled that. If I only learned skills for 1 job, I could never respond to different opportunities. If all our education was vocational, we'd be followers, not leaders in science & technology - like India or China.

Mr. Raichle's right to criticise the current system, but better models already exist.

[ThePolka]

The reason you didn't know what would make you happy, successful, and prosperous at 12 is that you didn't know how to read nonfiction systematically. If you did, you would have a very good idea of what interested you by the time you graduated from High School. Once again, today's "one size fits all" education system prepares no one for anything. Also, India and China's education system is elitist. It selects only the best students in math and science to continue in the system.

[heather4him]

Amen to jamesstephenbrown's comment, BTW. I've taught EFL, and it is hard, but there are phonics--you just have to know that all rules are meant to be broken in English! Celebrate it!

[ThePolka]

Only 46% of English words are phonetic. O-n-e is not one of them. That fact is not a cause for celebration. It's a cause for revolution.

[Rizky06]

The only way this system will work is if we have a complete collapse of the economy and all of the institutions go down especially the teacher's unions.

[ThePolka]

Actually, starglowe, you hit one of the nails on the head. In this system, you can change careers at any time. As we travel through life, we become more sophisticated about our aptitudes and what is good for us. So, we change our interests, our life-style, our occupations, and that is exciting, good, and rewarding.

[starglowe]

I am not an education professional, but I've been through the system and have researched alternatives. The system as it is now is very damaging - it is coercive mind control. Have you heard of unschooling? Have you read about the history of compulsory education and why it was created in the first place? Please google this stuff then get back to me and tell me what you think...

[AudioUnset]

(economic and human) it has, the country could be doing much better than it is. In fast shifting times like the ones we live, adaptability is the key asset to give to our kids. Nevertheless, I'm glad that these things are actually being put on trial by someone, and I encourage you to disagree with me. We could even have a good online conversarion (if there is such thing).

[AudioUnset]

Finally, I have a very strong opinion about educating people to fit the employment market. When you educate kids and youngsters according to the current balance of job supply/demand, all you do is feed the current system and juncture. As someone up there said, you become a follower of the market, and not a leader (with the subsequent possibility of changing things). Whatever your political views are -and talking strictly about the USA situation- you can agree that with all the resources

[AudioUnset]

languages keep some gramatic and morphologic rules to keep track of it's history, dumbing down the language to phonetics just cuts out the whole history of English. Obviously, language is a living creature, it mutates in unpredictable forms according to use and it's just ok that it does so (I'm not trying to defend an authoritarian conservative view about language). I'm just saying that the shift to phonetic teaching has huge costs and we should be aware of them before proposing these ideas.

[AudioUnset]

I'm sure that Mr. Raichle's method is sufficient for a group of kids, but I'm not sure that it solves the problems that he acuses the actual system of having (lack of flexibility). I agree with the idea of discussion groups, the idea of letting kids choose some subjects, the idea of stimulating non-fiction reading...and the core idea of modifying the educational system in a revolutionary fashion is great. But, I also agree with the comment made by jamesstephenbrown:

[AudioUnset]

Even though the debate of "shape/form vs. substance" may be outdated, you could argue that one determines the other. It is a well known fact that kids throughout a country have different capabilities, concerns and problems. Teaching methods (form) should include a wide spectrum of techniques to consider these differences without excluding kids because they just don't fit the "average type of kid", there should be an equal presence of kinesthetic and visual methods as well as auditory ones.

[AudioUnset]

"This way, a person would avoid wasted years of irrelevant schooling"...I think this is a very strange and dangerous statement, especially if it comes from an education professional. I'm pretty sure that most of the experts in education, psychology and philosophy would agree that there is no such thing as "wasted years of schooling". I don't think that the "multiple societal problems" are "obviously" caused just by the contents of schooling rather than the method.

[starglowe]

Hey isabella, would you kindly fill me in on these other systems? I'm trying to learn about as many alternatives as possible.