A recent survey indicates that the educational establishment may finally be making some headway in its oft-stated goal of changing society.
Monthly Archives For March 2007
Me Generation Gap
If you thought the “Me” generation was self-indulgent, their offspring are even more so.
SHADOW TAG
Schools across the country are falling all over each other to ban childhood games that might cause bumps and bruises to the current generation of kids
California Here I Fail
When California public schools get evaluated by someone other than compliant public officials, they usually don’t fare too well.
Unprotected Collegians
Dr. Miriam Grossman, psychiatrist at UCLA and author of Unprotected- A Campus Psychiatrist Reveals How Political Correctness in Her Profession Endangers Every Student, talks about how school counseling has gone astray.
Revising History California Style
Since textbook publishers tailor every title for the California sales that they cannot live without, the latest effort by the Golden State to flavor historical knowledge with sensitivity training may go national.
Federal Takeover of Higher Education
Two events occurred in Washington, DC, in late February that could foreshadow a significant decline in the independence of American colleges and universities.
Public School Prayer Suspension
Twelve high school students at Heritage High School in Vancouver, Washington were suspended for ten days for gathering to pray before school
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL RESEGREGATES
What would you think of a high school meeting to discuss recent test scores that began by teachers saying: “What’s up, white people?”
CAMPUS SMOKING BANS
The trend toward smoke-fee campuses is on a roll.