The opening of school this fall·confronted the public with many thorny problems. In some areas it is busing, in others it is controversial textbooks, and in still others it is teachers' strikes. What is the solution for parents who simply want their … [Read more...] about Reading at Home
Sexist Mischief in Schools and Colleges — September 1975
Has Education Lost Its Purpose? — September 1975
Child Services Bill
In a moment of rare candor, former New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey once called the teachers' lobby the most powerful single lobby in the United States. It may not be that powerful, but it certainly is resourceful. It has just devised a plan for … [Read more...] about Child Services Bill
TV Violence
Mark Twain is usually credited with the expression, "Everybody talks about the weather but nobody does anything about it." The same complaint might be voiced about the subject of violence on television. For years, newspapers, magazines, speakers, and … [Read more...] about TV Violence
Theories of Creation
Many newspaper articles and television segments in the past few weeks have marked the fiftieth anniversary of the famous Scopes trial in Tennessee -- that dramatic courtroom confrontation between the theory of evolution according to Darwin and … [Read more...] about Theories of Creation
Ashe and James
The happiest black man at Wimbledon, England, was not Arthur Ashe. It was 76-year old Richard Hudlin, the high school tennis coach who brought Ashe to St. Louis as a teenager, took him into his own home and gave him a bed to sleep on. Hudlin made it … [Read more...] about Ashe and James
Census Report
Sometimes news events of the most far-reaching consequences appear in newspapers only in inconspicuous stories on the back pages. One such little-noticed item was the recent U.S. Census Bureau report that we suffered a record decline in American … [Read more...] about Census Report
Malpractice Suits
What this country needs is fewer malpractice suits against doctors and a start of suits against malpracticing educators and politicians. The American taxpayers have generously given enormous sums of money to well-paid teachers so that our young … [Read more...] about Malpractice Suits
National Science Foundation
There is a certain group of Congressmen who have become super-solicitous about every dollar of defense expenditures. They are unwilling to accept the recommendations of our military experts, and require them to justify every weapon and explain every … [Read more...] about National Science Foundation
