NOBEL PRIZES
The biggest surprise in the intellectual world during 1974 was the awarding of one-half of a Nobel Prize for Economics to Professor Friedrich von Hayek of Austria —…
Category: Education
YOUTH CRIME & SCHOOLS
New York City has recently developed a new problem a big rise in the number of vicious criminals who are only 12 to 16 years old. These adolescent…
EXPLOITATION OF BLACKS
Every time I drive through a predominantly black neighborhood, I am depressed at the exploitation of blacks by financial interests seeking a fast buck no matter how destructive…
PRIORITIES IN EDUCATION
It used to be that the primary purpose of American schools was to train our young people in certain skills such as reading and arithmetic, to impart knowledge…
HEW Regulations About “ Sexism” in the Schools — August 1974
HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS
Millions of television viewers who watched the Democratic National Convention of 1972 were shocked to see the advocates of homosexuality speaking during precious prime—time hours. The occasion was…
SCHOOL INTEGRATION
Among the many thousands of words spoken recently in observance of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Broim V, Board of Education which outlawed…
MORAL EDUCATION NEEDED
The United States spends more per student on education than any other nation. Our magnificent education facilities, school buildings, gymnasiums, laboratories, college campuses, endowments and scholarships are the…
Are Schools and Colleges Worth Their Cost? — May 1974
PHONICS: THE KEY TO READING
Every fall, millions of six-year-olds start to school, eager to learn to read. Three months later, they are bored and disorderly, for they still haven’t started to learn.…