Moving Forward with Choice in Education
President Bush has been encouraging business to get involved in education. The recent news that SAT scores dropped for the fourth straight year, and that verbal scores are…
Category: Family
Wolf! Wolf! Censorship! Censorship!
Censorship is one of those buzz words that starts the adrenalin flowing. Like sex, it’s a word that arouses strong emotions, knee-jerk reactions, and animosities. Last week, Boris…
Americans Are Angry About Taxes — September 1991
It’s Time to Amend Title IX Again
The American Civil Liberties Union and NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund have persuaded a federal court to issue an injunction against an elementary school in Detroit planned…
Education Reporter — August 1991
Busybodies, Crybabies, and the Glass Ceiling
Maybe it was just coincidence in a slow news week. Time Magazine came out with a cover story headlined “Busybodies & Crybabies: What’s Happening to the American Character?”…
Multiculturalism is not History
The New York State Board of Regents has just adopted a controversial report calling for the public school social studies curriculum to be revamped in order to promote…
The NEA Teaches Disrespect for Home and Parents
The Wall Street Journal published a remarkable letter last week from the L99L New York State Teacher of the Year hurling a broadside attack against the entire public…
Math Achievement or “Feel Good Math”?
Fewer than one in seven students in the 4th, 8th and 12th grades can do mathematics at or above their grade level, and more than half are two…