education Archives - Eric F. Frazier

Trump greets LePage at a rally. LePage later advocated "authoritarian power."

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Authoritarian Power: LePage Missed 1776 Lesson

October 12, 2016August 27, 2019 Eric F. Frazier

Gov. Paul LePage, R-Maine, who longs for “authoritarian power,” is a striking example of our need to improve public education in history and civics. “Sometimes, I wonder that our Constitution is not only broken, but we need a Donald Trump…

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Book Review — Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind

November 5, 2015August 27, 2019 Eric F. Frazier

The USC Rossier School of Education blog recently published my review of Teaching for the Two-Sided Mind: A Guide to Right-Brain, Left-Brain Education by Linda Verlee Williams. This unusual book, published in 1983, remains a popular guide to classroom teaching…

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Book Review – #EdJourney

July 23, 2015August 27, 2019 Eric F. Frazier

The task of educating our children faces more social and technological disruption and more uncertainty about the future than at any time in the past century. Can our schools break free of what worked in the past (but no longer…

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Animated Biotechnology

August 25, 2009October 29, 2014 Eric F. Frazier

ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals – August 25, 2009 This fall, seniors at Atkins Academic and Technology High School in Winston-Salem, NC, will learn about biotechnology and produce animated educational videos about the science through a joint project with local…

About Eric F. Frazier

I am an independent writer, editor, book reviewer and co-author of GPS Declassified: From Smart Bombs to Smartphones.

Frazeology is my take on matters large and small, in the news or off the radar. My approach is personal, but the goal is not to write about me. Rather, it is to offer subjective observations about experiences and concerns that we all share.

From time to time, I link to and comment on things others have said particularly well--or especially poorly. And sometimes I make up new words. We have more than enough already, but it's fun and I find playing around with language irresistible.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, and I hope you enjoy reading.

“A useful work about a complex topic.”

— Roger Launius, Quest

“GPS Declassified is a carefully researched, well written, fast-paced, and thoroughly enjoyable book. It offers an excellent mix of science, technology, history and culture. This book is highly recommended.”

— William F. Mellberg, The Space Review

“Expertly weaves the story of GPS development and its ever-expanding use."

— M. W. Carr, Choice

“Written in a clear and lively style GPS Declassified provides readers with GPS development history including personal recollections from leading developers…. As an introduction to GPS, its history, uses, issues and concerns GPS Declassified can’t be beat.”

— Robert Schaefer, New York Journal of Books

“The authors do the impossible, making an intricate technological advance fascinating to read. They offer an informative and well researched account of how GPS proved its worth even before the system was complete.”

—Walter J. Boyne, author of How the Helicopter Changed Modern Warfare and former director of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution

“A fine and entertaining story of the origins of the Global Positioning System, a consequential space-age technology that has affected the lives of hundreds of millions in war and peace."

—Mike Gruntman, PhD, professor of astronautics, University of Southern California at Los Angeles, and author of Blazing The Trail: The Early History Of Spacecraft And Rocketry

“The authors deftly place the concept and development of GPS within two broader historical contexts: navigation and robotic spaceflight.”

— from the foreword by Rick W. Sturdevant, PhD, Deputy Director of History, Air Force Space Command

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