Retarding America - Part 1

Retarding of America by Michael S. Brunner.

With the enormous surge in illiteracy and antisocial behavior (specifically, violent crime) over the past two decades, it is reasonable to ask whether there is a common causative factor. Brunner's research, presented in an easy-to-read, fast-paced format, uncovers startling statistics and unexpected linkages; among them, a relationship between early reading failure and juvenile crime.

We have all been led to believe that compulsory attendance laws were designed to ensure everyone an education. Brunner's work raises the question: Can, in fact, these laws be counterproductive when methodology is inappropriate?

He indicates that the continuing replication of certain curricular policies may well be what is generating many of our current social problems.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Literacy
• Illiteracy
• Learning to Read
• Reading in America
• Retarding America
• Prison Illiteracy
• Behavioral Problems
• Social Issues
• Michael Brunner
• Michael S Brunner

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This video should be watched by hundreds of thousands of people.

Thank you very much for posting this!

[DonLPotter]

I am delighted to see this great video available on YouTube. Be sure and read Mr. Brunner's book, The Retarding of America: The Imprisonment of Potential, where he explains the causal relationship between frustration caused by early reading failure and juvenile delinquency. Mr. Brunner is a man on a mission. He has the passion, the experience, and the practical tools for bringing literacy to to the many illiterates in our prison system. Don Potter, Odessa, TX