Sex Education in California
Since 24 states have mandated AIDS education in the public schools, and since AIDS education starts as early as kindergarten in nine states, in behooves parents to find out what is being taught. Parents should exercise their preeminent parental … [Read more...] about Sex Education in California
The Radical Antics of the ACLU
When presidential candidate Michael Dukakis labelled himself a “card-carrying member of the ACLU,” he performed a long-overdue and stunningly significant service to the America people. With that one comment, he thrust onto newspaper front pages and … [Read more...] about The Radical Antics of the ACLU
Failing Grades About Geography
A recent Gallup survey showed that the United States is the only country in the world in which young people of college age know less geography than senior citizens (age 55 and older). That was one of the many dismal conclusions of an international … [Read more...] about Failing Grades About Geography
New Light on Daycare Research
The International Foundation for the Preservation of the Family, headquartered in Naples, Florida, has assembled a remarkable group of scholars, academics and physicians from all over the world who exchange papers discussing the links between family, … [Read more...] about New Light on Daycare Research
Education Reporter — September 1988
Who Selects Public School Books?
People for the American Way (PAW), an organization known colloquially as People for Norman Lear’s Way, has rendered a public service in releasing its latest report on alleged “censorship” in U.S. public schools. The report sets forth a long series of … [Read more...] about Who Selects Public School Books?
Bennett Goes Out with a Blast
If William Bennett’s tenure as Secretary of Education will be remembered for any one thing, it will probably be for his efforts to improve the content of the curricula taught in schools and universities. From his booklets on “What Works” in public … [Read more...] about Bennett Goes Out with a Blast
New Questions About Divorce
Way back in 1970 when the women’s liberation movement was just gathering momentum, a New York University professor named Warren T. Farrell provided the rationale for why it should be supported by men. Essentially, his argument was that men should … [Read more...] about New Questions About Divorce
What Happened to the Gender Gap?
For several months prior to the Republican National Convention, the specter of “gender gap politics” hung over political discourse. It was the trendy subject in newsmagazines, the crucial question posed on network talk shows, and the topic reporters … [Read more...] about What Happened to the Gender Gap?
