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…
Category: Education
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…
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…
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…
Education Reporter — February 1994
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…