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, wants to take over the entire U.S. school system as well as the entire health industry. While the … [Read more...] about Federal Grab for Control of Education
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 U.S. Department of Justice, Michael Brunner set out to determine if the … [Read more...] about How the Schools Produce Juvenile Delinquents
Big Brother Education, 1994 — May 1994
Colleges Should Display Warning Labels
Based on my visits to hundreds of college campuses, I believe that all colleges should be subject to Truth in Labeling requirements and should carry warning labels to advise teenagers what they are getting into. It takes extraordinary smarts, … [Read more...] about Colleges Should Display Warning Labels
Education Reporter — April 1994
Why I Don’t Read to My Children
For the past several years, there has been a highly-publicized campaign to promote the notion that all parents should read to their children. This campaign has involved a lot of prominent people, and even the Wall Street Journal featured an editorial … [Read more...] about Why I Don’t Read to My Children
Education Reporter — March 1994
The Most Fulfilling Thing I’ve Ever Done — March 1994
The Most Fulfilling Thing I've Ever Done When people ask me, what is the most fulfilling thing I’ve done in my whole life, I answer — teaching my six children to read before they entered school. Our family got a bigger return for the time I spent … [Read more...] about The Most Fulfilling Thing I’ve Ever Done — March 1994
