Re: Request for Information

["Gerald W. Bracey" <gbracey@EROLS.COM>]

MacUser and all:  what tou heard from the International Center for
Leadership in Education is nonsense.  This is Willard Daggett's center.

Daggett makes up much of his "research" including all of this stuff MacUser
reports.

I took Daggett to task in the "Fifth Bracey Report" for inventing some
research that claimed dropouts can read VCR manuals better than high school
graduates.  He invented some further research to explain the first and
invented an organization to conduct the second research.

In the "Ninth Bracey Report" Daggett got a "Rotten Apple" award for making
up tons of stuff; the list, as published, is only about half as long as I
wrote it and doesn't contain this whopper because we didn't want to
embarrass his daughter:  At one point on a tape I have of Daggett he says,
"My oldest daughter, this young lady at the age of 28 is the President and
CEO of the fourth largest medical facility in the world.  It's called
Carolina Complete Care.  She has not only North Carolina, but Duke, John's
Hopkins and Boston Child's.  She's married to a neurosurgeon." (On another
video he also claims she has 41 lawyers at her direct disposal--ethical
problems in gene research and all that).

Well, if you live in Virginia you know that "Carolina Complete Care" could
only exist in two places and I found it in Charlotte.  I called.  A perky
sweet voice said

"Carolina Complete Care."
I said:  "This is going to sound off the wall, but I'm looking for a daugher
of Willard Daggett."
The Voice said:  "That's me."

I don't know how long the silence was while I contemplated that the
President and CEO of the 4th largest medical facility in the world answered
her own phones.  Finally, I managed to stutter: "Do you run the place?"

"Well, I'm the office manager."
"How man physicians are in the practice?"
"Four."
Is you husband one?"
"Yes, he's a chiropractor."

I thought I put on this list a recent article in Investor's Business Daily
about Daggett.  Tyce Palmaffy, a reporter for IBD saw my 9th report and
became outraged (the only proper reaction and I wish more educators showed
it).  After all, as he said on the phone, reporters get FIRED for doing
this.  Tyce's article ran September 22 and I gather Daggett's business has
slowed as a consequence.

If people want, I can repost it.

Anyone wanting to verify this can call Carolina Complete Care at
704-365-0009.  Ask for Heidi--she'll probably answer the phone.

Nothing that comes from Daggett and his minions can be trusted.


----- Original Message -----
From: MacUser <5alive@PYRAMID.NET>
To: <ARN-L@LISTS.CUA.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: Request for Information


> Susan,
>
> I just got back from a Rural K-16 conference in Reno titled, "Planning
> Rigorous and Relevant Instruction."  The presenter, Richard Jones from
> the International Center for Leadership in Education stated that over
> 50% of learners are "practical" learners -- i.e. they learn from
> relevant instructional practices which include direct application to a
> problem and creative solutions.
>
> Most achievement tests and curriculum in U.S. schools is focused toward
> intellectual and academic performance, not practical performance --i.e.
> most schools are teaching our kids to go on to college, not on to
> life--that is why kids who are practical learners do not do well on
> standardized tests.
>
> U.S. schools are set up to teach the lower levels of knowledge --
> acquisition of knowledge, practice, and comprehension -- rather than
> true practical problem-solving skills like analysis and application to
> real-world problems.  Practical skills are usually taught only to honors
> students as a reward for learning the abstract non-practical skills --
> when those are the lessons all our children need to learn!
>
> You can find the website for the International Center for Leadership in
> Education at  http://www.daggett.com .
>
> Michelle
>
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