What hath progress wrought? Free to be you and me. I’m old enough to remember the rigid boundaries that these movements were supposed to be correcting, and I’m glad the worst of them have been removed. But it’s been an … Continue reading →
Or did they? One would certainly think so from these quotes from US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan: Duncan told Bloomberg Television that Texas schools have struggled under Perry, saying he feels “very badly” for children who attend them. “Far … Continue reading →
Rick Perry has not yet formally announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination in 2012, although most people are pretty sure he will run. But early though it may be, we already have his college transcripts, which were published at … Continue reading →
The idea of putting the cheating Atlanta educators in prison is racist, say a group of black clergy in Atlanta. Just what’s racist about it they don’t bother to explain. Do they mean that, if the offenders had been white, … Continue reading →
[See UPDATE below.] When I first saw the headline “Investigation Finds ‘Widespread Cheating’ in Atlanta Schools” I almost didn’t click on it, so ho-hum and ordinary that fact seemed to be. Cheating has probably always existed in schools, usually of … Continue reading →
Today’s WSJ featured an op-ed by the president of The Catholic University of America, John Garvey, who writes that the school is fed up with the problems of coed dorms, and is about to go back to the old tried-and-true … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a post from February of 2007. At the time I first wrote it, I didn’t know how to upload YouTube videos here. Since then, I’ve certainly mastered that skill. So I’m now able to … Continue reading →
The news that college graduates have been having trouble finding jobs, especially positions in their fields, should come as no surprise whatsoever. Different generations have different patterns of luck, and those who come of age in a time of economic … Continue reading →
What a novel idea: to teach a course in conservative thought, at the college level. In the Ivy League, at Brown. Astounding: Conservatives believe they won at least a tiny beachhead in a sea of academic liberalism. With help from … Continue reading →
The UK’s David Cameron has followed in Angela Merkel’s footstops and condemned the policy of multiculturalism which has led to the failure of many immigrants in Britain to adopt the culture and values of their new homeland. His words were … Continue reading →
This article by Gerry Garibaldi in City Journal—about the enormous number of teen pregnancies, our attitude towards them, and the state of education in our country today—is a must-read. Garibaldi is a teacher in an urban school in Connecticut. The … Continue reading →
…the most depressing article I’ve read in a very long time.
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