The Nonsense of Outcome-Based Education
The most controversial words in the education world today are Outcome-Based Education (sometimes called Performance-Based Education, and formerly called Mastery Learning). Parents recognize it as a process that rejects the basics, subject matter … [Read more...] about The Nonsense of Outcome-Based Education
Education Reporter — January 1994
What Are They Teaching in Public Schools? — January 1994
Education Reporter — December 1993
Should Schools Become Parents of Preschoolers?
A battle in the Illinois General Assembly this year exposed the far-reaching goal of the public school system to bring under its jurisdiction all children beginning at birth, and to do this without any procedure that can reasonably be described as … [Read more...] about Should Schools Become Parents of Preschoolers?
Should Self Esteem Replace the 3 R’s?
Elementary school children may no longer be taught to read and write, but they will almost surely be given one of the trendy new psychological courses in self-esteem. Self-esteem is supposed to be the magic bullet that will cure all school and social … [Read more...] about Should Self Esteem Replace the 3 R’s?
Education Reporter — November 1993
Education Reporter — October 1993
Shenanigans of the Clinton Administration — October 1993
