Why Have K-12 Educators Ignored Benezet's Breakthrough?

Some blog followers might be interested in a recent post “Why Have K-12 Educators Ignored Benezet's Breakthrough?” [Hake (2013)]. The abstract reads:

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ABSTRACT: An educator wrote to me (paraphrasing): “I've just come across the Benezet Centre http://bit.ly/926tiM. Benezet's method seems superb. If it was such a success, why did it not spread?” Good question!! I think the best answer was given by the late Arnold Arons. In “The Arons Advocated Method” [Hake (2004)] at http://bit.ly/boeQQt, I quote Arons as follows: “I have looked at the Benezet papers at http://bit.ly/926tiM, and I find the story congenial. . . . . . .[but] whence do we get the teachers with the background, understanding, and security to implement such instruction. They will certainly not emerge from the present production mills.”
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Hake, R.R. 2013. “Why Have K-12 Educators Ignored Benezet's Breakthrough?” online on the OPEN! AERA-L archives at http://bit.ly/1fhomzu. Post of 24 Sep 2013 11:52:15-0400 to AERA-L and Net-Gold. The abstract and link to the complete post are being transmitted to various discussion lists.