Measuring Modern Education
In “No excuses” (Jewish World Review, Oct. 22, 2003), Walter Williams says: It’s no secret that, as the Thernstroms point out, the education achieved by …
Culture
Want Excellence in Education? Return to Reason
It is well documented that there is a problem with mainstream modern American education (including some of its streams and tributaries): many high school grads …
A “Gifted” Student on Modern Education’s “Inclusion”
In his guest commentary “Top students forced to hew to a mediocre path” (5:02 p.m., Saturday, July 11, 2009), Christopher Honiball writes: I have written …
The Essence of America
“America’s founding ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more—and nothing less. The rest—everything that America achieved, everything she became, everything ‘noble and just,’ …
History of the Holiday
The History Channel has 7-4’s history, information and video on a page devoted to Independence Day and a page devoted to the Declaration of Independence.
Public School Graduation Rate
Mary Flood, in “Diploma rate: ‘A crisis of graduation’ ” (Houston Chronicle, May 22, 2009, 8:50PM), presents some statistics: As thousands of Houston-area high school …
Modern History Education: The State of the Art
In the post “The Know-nothing Party,” Joanne Jacobs wrote: To become a citizen, immigrants must answer six of 10 basic civics questions, such as: Who …
The International Baccalaureate Curriculum
In “Parents with a Backbone” (February 25, 2004), Thomas Sowell writes: Parents in Fairfax, Virginia, have succeeded in getting rid of one of the endless …
Eduese vs. Reason
In “Edu-babble is turning schoolchildren into ‘customers’ ” (The UK Times, June 9, 2009), Nicola Woolcock says: Performativity is forcing curriculum deliverers to focus on …
“Socialization” vs. Education
Education Week has, posted on YouTube, a good interview of “Rhea Vance-Cheng, a graduate of the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted, or PEG, at Mary …