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
We’re All Paying to Promote Illegitimate Births
We might as well face it. Government doesn't have the foggiest idea how to deal with the social problem that is euphemistically labelled "teen pregnancy" but which is more accurately called promiscuity and illegitimacy. Pretending to … [Read more...] about We’re All Paying to Promote Illegitimate Births
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
Education Reporter — February 1994
A Day of Lectures About Morality
In a dramatic happening in Washington, D. C. earlier this month, President Clinton's policies were publicly rebuked by Mother Teresa. The occasion was the interdenominational National Prayer Breakfast, an important annual event attended by hundreds … [Read more...] about A Day of Lectures About Morality
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
How the Government Attacks the Family
When it comes to the Clinton Administration's new and controversial condom ads, it's clear that this out-of-touch administration is not providing a solution to AIDS or anything else, but that government itself is part of the problem. It's hard to say … [Read more...] about How the Government Attacks the Family
Condoms Nixed by New York Court
In a smashing victory for parents over arrogant public school administrators who are aiding and abetting promiscuity, the New York state courts have thrown out the distribution of condoms to New York City students. This is a crushing defeat for the … [Read more...] about Condoms Nixed by New York Court