Guidelines to Check Up on Drug Education
Is education the answer to our social ills? Is the drug problem informational or behavioral? Put more bluntly, is classroom drug education a plus, a minus, or a…
Category: Family
Education Reporter — November 1990
Abortion Lessons From the ’90 Election
Abortion was not the “silver bullet” in the 1990 election that some were predicting a few months ago. But it is a knife with an edge that cuts…
Time Buries Women’s Lib
“If there is a theme among those coming of age today – and a theme for this issue – it is that gender differences are often better celebrated…
How Children Develop Values — November 1990
Education Reporter — October 1990
Turning School Desks into Psychiatrists’ Couches
The fall school semester is in full swing but, instead of addressing the need to raise the 21-year-low of SAT scores, psychiatry has invaded the classroom and children…
Banned Books Week
Of all the “weeks” that are proclaimed by government or private organizations, the silliest is “Banned Book Week” announced each fall by the American Library Association (ALA). All…
The Scandal of Quest
Probably the most widely used drug education program in the public schools is Quest; its junior curriculum is called Skills for Adolescence, and its elementary curriculum is called…