Category: Education
Education Reporter — May 1989
The Uncertain World of Psychiatric Treatment
Psychiatry, the practice of treating mental disease or disorders, is the only medical specialty in which there are no generally accepted professional guidelines. Pick you practitioner and he…
Four Bad Ideas About Public Schools — May 1989
Little Children Don’t Belong in Institutions
Newsweek magazine has cautiously opened the door to public controvery about how children age 5 through 8 are taught in public schools today and how new research indicates…
Will Children Get Real Money or Funny Money
“I’m from the government and I’m here to help you” is a standard straight-man line in comedy routines. It’s always good for a laugh. As applied to child…
Education Reporter — April 1989
Business and the Schools – An Odd Couple
A cover article in Nation’s Business addresses the problem that so many young people are too illiterate to hire even for entry-level jobs, and challenges business to take…
Choice in Education – The Wave of the Future
When George Bush was campaigning for the Presidency, he said he wants to be the “Education President.” Nobody knew what that meant, since about 93 percent of public…