Answering Secretary Riley’s Testimony
Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley presented President Clinton’s education initiatives to the House Education and Workforce Committee on March 5. Let’s analyze his statement. “Most of today’s…
Category: Family
School-To-Work Will Track and Train, Not Educate
School-to-work (STW) is the most recent “reform” that is “restructuring” the nation’s public schools. It’s not just a fad like self-esteem; it’s a systemic change in the…
Education Reporter — March 1997
The Clinton Master Plan To Take Over Education
The Clinton Administration learned a big lesson from the defeat of its plan to take over the entire U.S. health care industry. Releasing its plan as…
Education Reporter — February 1997
The Smoking Gun in the Medicaid Mystery
Medicaid, the federal program that provides health care to people on welfare, is one of the biggest problems that the 105th Congress will have to tackle…
Education Reporter — January 1997
Medicalization of the Public Schools
Indonesians aren’t the only billionaires covertly spending big bucks to influence public policy. There is just as big a scandal brewing about private foundations. …
President Clinton Is Embarrassed
It’s difficult to embarrass President Clinton. He isn’t embarrassed by the Paula Jones lawsuit, or the illegal Indonesian and Korean campaign donations, or the misuse of…
The Phony Cries of “Censorship”
If the education establishment wants to know why public schools don’t get much respect from our citizenry, they need look no further than an Op-Ed editorial…