There are the “Jeremiahs,” the prophets of doom, who assert that the manufacturing industry in the United States of America is declining, but panelists Bill Lane, Lloyd Wood, Robert Scott, and Dan Ikenson arued at the Cato Institute on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, that the manufacturing industry is, indeed, “thriving,” as “the revenues, profits, profit rates, return on investments , and exports and imports are all on the rise.”
Monthly Archives For October 2007
Not For Members Only
Although educators and education officials frequently proclaim themselves to be staunch defenders of free speech, all too often, teachers’ unions, aided and abetted by school district officials can pose a danger to individual freedom.
Seeking Affirmative Action Success
A New York University law professor who has analyzed Supreme Court quota cases, like many proponents of affirmative action, is hard put to give an estimate of something diversity offices make a goal of—the increase in enrollment in college of minority students using racial preferences.
Anita Hill Accuracy Check
Anita Hill was never asked to join the faculty at Liberty University School of Law as she claimed in her New York Times Op-Ed.
Higher Education Conference Call
An assembly of leading educational observers will share their insights at the October 27 conference of the John William Pope Center for Higher Education Policy.
Field of Education Dreams
Public shool officials in North Carolina are following the “if you build it, students will learn something” model of education reform and winding up with…pretty buildings.
Gays Decry Photo Ban
The upcoming Gay Pride Week at the University of Utah will be without the posters organizers commissioned to advertise events during the weeklong celebration due to a disagreement surrounding the nature of the photographs being used.
Money Matters
The numerous problems with the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative policymakers. Even though increased funding has not translated into educational gains, special interest groups continue to push for increased expenditures.
The Media Bell Curve
Few Americans know the distinction between Sunni and Shiites Moslems or Wahabi (extremists) from Saab at a time when religious conflicts abound, Geneive Abdo of The Century Foundation says. Monumental misunderstandings can result when reporters do not analyze the theoretically different aspects of faith.
America’s German Envy Misplaced
It might surprise some education policy analysts who look enviously at the German method of education as a model for the United States to learn that at least one Teutonic intellectual admires the American system.