The Sad Saga of the Careers Act By Tom DeWeese In 1992, Hillary Clinton came to the White House with a vision. That vision was clearly articulated by her colleague Marc Tucker, (president ...
The alarm sounds throughout the countryside. As the alert is heard, one by one, two by two, the patriots respond. They are a loosely-organized, ragtag band, without official leaders, without ...
Kids can learn - if somebody bothers to teach them. Why do children know facts about everyday life - but not about history? Because they live in the everyday...
There they go again. Buck McKeon, Republican of California and Bill Goodling, Republican of Pennsylvania marshalled H.R. 1385, "The Employment, Training and Literacy Enhancement Act or 1997"...
In a remarkable ad, State Farm Insurance has announced it is presenting its "Good Neighbor Award" to a first grade teacher for teaching her students to spell incorrectly. Under the headline, "In Ms. White's...
BUT A PECK ON THE CHEEK CAN GET A FIRST GRADER SUSPENDED...
Many parents, desperate to help their children because of concern over their inability to read, write or follow simple logic, reach out to trusted, familiar institutions for answers and for hope. When dealing with issues of education, the PTA seems to be a reasonable, logical...
One of the eight stated purposes of Goals 2000 is "increased parental involvement in learning." Yet parents have experienced a strange phenomenon when they have tried to follow the goal and actually get involved. They are rejected. They are not, however, rejected rudely or dismissed abruptly....
Below is the text of an address I gave to the national conference of the Separation of School and State Alliance, held in Washington, D.C. November 21 and 22,...
On October 16, 1997, 60 members of the violent environmental organization Earth First terrorized two female staff members of ...