Category: Education
Education Reporter — August 1994
The Teacher Who Couldn’t Read
Can you imagine going through life not able to read? Can you imagine how illiteracy would put you in a sort of isolation booth, all alone, separated from…
They’re Trying to Treat Christians Like Smokers
Bigotry is back in style. All of a sudden, such words as “Christian,” “religious” and “fundamentalist” have become trendy epithets of scorn and smear, obviously calculated to stir…
Education Reporter — July 1994
Schools Don’t Teach Children How to Write
It’s official now. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) just issued its 1992 “Writing Report Card” based on extensive surveys of students who were asked to complete…
Education Reporter — June 1994
Education Reporter — May 1994
Federal Grab for Control of Education
The same Congress that can’t be trusted to run a bank, a restaurant or a post office, whose most powerful member is on the verge of being indicted,…
How the Schools Produce Juvenile Delinquents
Study after study of adolescents at correctional institutions has shown that the one thing they have in common is that they cannot-read. With a research grant funded by the…