Category: Education
Decoding The NEA Resolutions
President Bill Clinton’s earliest and most steadfast supporters, the members of the National Education Association (NEA), met in Orlando over the Fourth of July to pass their usual…
Decoding the NEA Resolutions — August 1999
Decoding the NEA Resolutions The nation’s largest teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), met for its annual convention in Orlando, Florida, over the Fourth of July…
The Consequences of Sex Education
The Washington Post shook up its readers last week with a front page news story about sex practices in an affluent Virginia middle school. The school principal notified…
Education Reporter — July 1999
Court Bans Bizarre Curriculum in New York Schools
Parents have won another remarkable victory over the psychological abuse of children that takes place in public school classrooms. It isn’t the court decision that’s so remarkable; it’s…
Parents Win Victory Over Nosy Surveys
Parents have just won a tremendous legal victory over the widespread public school practice of forcing students to answer nosy, privacy-invading questions about themselves and their families. The…
Education Reporter — June 1999
Channel One Comes Under Fire
In the interest of the public’s right to know, Senator Jim Jeffords’ Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions conducted an oversight hearing last week on the controversies…
What Caused Columbine? — June 1999
What Caused Columbine? Everybody’s looking for the causes of the terrible tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, and for ways to prevent such horrible happenings in…