What is "educated"?

If you have to ask, then you ain't.

This is always a good question to ask!
And there should be many different answers to the question.

Good to know he has a book, I've been reading his articles in one of those
union magazines, you know the unions who don't care about education
and children just what they can get for their members:

http://dtwuva.googlepages.com/educationpublications

I'm glad my post let you know about a good book. That's part of why I wrote it.

I'm not sure where the snarky comment about unions fit in. While I'm hostile to unions, I didn't say anything about it in this post. My comments about unions in other posts have been quite specific.

If you have a concern with something I've said about unions, you might tell me what it is. This sort of generic comment is beneath you.

not directed at you per se, but most THers.

As you can see Wilingham's outlet for his research is AFT's American Educator, see more here:

http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/subject.h tm

Some science articles there too.

Thanks for taking the time to explain and for the links.

Just for anyone else who is reading this: Willingham appears in a diverse set of publications that range the gamut of views. He is a scientist, not an ideologue. His was some of the more objective and specific education advice I've read.

You all should have seen the book I tossed aside yesterday!