Donald Simanek's documents and links on education.

The Decline of Educational Standards

• The Decline of Education, Part 1 (1974, 1994), Part 2 (1995), What Is The Meaning Of 'Academic'?, and Designing a math curriculum for today's students. By Donald Simanek.
• The Downward Spiral Of Public Education, by John T. Lowry.
• Inflated Grades, Inflated Enrollment, and Inflated Budgets. by John Stone.
• Responses to science spoofs demonstrate science illiteracy, gullibility and lack of critical thinking skills in today's students. The Invisible Killer!, and Clean Power?
• Mathematically Correct, an organization opposing the dumbing-down of mathematics and science education.
• The Textbook League. Critical reviews of school textbooks. Special emphasis on texts which present errors and misconceptions.
• Society for A Return to Academic Standards.

Education, writing

Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education. —Bertrand Russell (1872-1970)

Why do some people write? Because they don't have enough character not to write. —Karl Kraus

• The World Lecture Hall. Courses, lecture notes, exams...
• A resource guide for students, especially its extensive list of links.
• Jack Lynch's Writing Resources. University of Pennsylvania.
• The Elements of Style by Strunk and White, 1918 ed. (Required reading!)
• THE SLOT: A Spot for Copy Editors by Bill Walsh.
• The Curmudgeon's Stylebook by Bill Walsh.
• Brewer's 1894 Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.
• Online Writing Labs: Purdue U., Dakota State U., DeVry Institute of Technology, Rensselaer Polytechnic.

• How to Succeed as a Student. Excellent book by Kevin Bucknall. A free download.
• Term Paper Guidelines by Donald Simanek.
• How to Study Physics by Seville Chapman.
• Physics Course Survival Strategies. by Donald Simanek.
• Suggestions for Physics Students by Dale D. Long.
• Study Tips for Introductory Physics Students. Compiled and edited by Dan Styer, Oberlin College Physics Department.
• On Being a Student by Donald Simanek.
• How to Learn by Lewis Carroll.
• Reduced English by Donald Simanek. Ernest Vincent Wright's novel Gadsby never uses the letter e. E-prime uses no verbs of being.
• Some documents which were previously here have been moved to the physics and astronomy documents section.

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