The debate over public education grows more heated. Regularly, reports are released showing that the academic abilities of American students continue to fall when compared to those in other countries.
Twenty years ago the U.S. ranked first in the world…
Read MoreAfter Hillary is through singing to your babies, you will be able to send them into the school house of the future. Here, they will enter a program that links schools with communities and social services – all part of…
Read MoreFebruary 22, 2010
By Tom DeWeese
I have reported many times in the pages of the DeWeese Report about how public school classrooms are being used, not for the teaching of academic knowledge, but for behavior modification to change the…
Read MoreDecember 17, 2007
By Tom DeWeese
It’s a fact. Most of today’s school children can barely read or write. They can’t perform math problems without a calculator. They barely know who the Founding Fathers were and know even less…
Read MoreDecember 7, 2007
By Tom DeWeese
The debate over public education grows more heated. Regularly, reports are released showing that the academic abilities of American students continue to fall when compared to those in other countries.
Twenty years…
Read MoreMay 10, 2006
By Tom DeWeese
They are one of the biggest publishers of textbooks in the world, and they wanted to use some of my writings in one of their products. My first thought was, “Gee, I’m coming up…
Read MoreDecember 12, 2005
By Tom DeWeese
Your elected representatives in Congress deny that this nation has a mandatory federal education curriculum. Congress hides the fact behind the historic arrangement of state and local control of schools. The federal government…
Read MoreNovember 8, 2005
By Tom DeWeese
In the old days, children were warned not to smoke because it would stunt their growth. Apparently the same warning can now be issued on Ritalin. Researchers at the University of Sydney have
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Read MoreJanuary 17, 2005
By Tom DeWeese
Many parents have sought to protect their children from the behavior-modification programs that have taken the place of academic education in public schools. To escape the assault of Outcome-Based Education (OBE), multi-culturalism, and workforce…
Read MoreMarch 19, 2004
By Tom DeWeese
The Bush administration’s schizophrenic relationship with the United Nations continues unabated. It is dazzling to watch one part of the administration rebuke the UN for failing to respond to the threats of dictatorships to…
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