All Posts Tagged With: "government education"
Government Failure: E.G. West on Education
This illuminating book was designed to commemorate the achievements and to spread the ideas of the late Edwin G. West. Professor West, who lived from 1922 to 2001, did pioneering work in the economics and history of education, and his studies have been critical in refuting the pretensions of government education. Those who wish to [...]
8Jul2010 | Antony Flew | 0 comments | ContinuedWhere Does Your Vote Really Count?
To encourage us to participate in the political process, we are told that every vote counts. That is true if one is adding up the total votes, but what is the likelihood of any one person’s vote affecting the outcome of a presidential election? Simply put, it is equal to the probability that the person’s [...]
1Apr2009 | Walter E. Williams | 0 comments | ContinuedGovernment Education Is Broken?
Alan Schaeffer is the president of the Alliance for the Separation of School and State. The late Marshall Fritz was the Alliance’s founder and board chairman. New York Times op-ed columnist Bob Herbert is rightfully worried about American education. He’s bothered that no one else seems worried. In his article “Clueless in America” (April 22), [...]
1Nov2008 | and Alan Schaeffer | 5 comments | ContinuedGrutter v. Bollinger: A Constitutional Embarrassment
“All animals are created equal—but some are more equal than others.” So goes the crucial line in George Orwell’s classic Animal Farm. The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Grutter v. Bollinger makes one think of that line, since it gives constitutional approval to the policies used at many colleges and universities that group applicants by [...]
1Nov2003 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | ContinuedCan a Feminist Homeschool Her Child?
“Welcome to my home school—my private, little rebellion against the enemies of educational excellence and the forces of feminism who say a woman’s place is in the paying workplace.” —ISABEL LYMAN “A Mother’s Day of Home Schooling” In a peaceful mutiny against the quality and content of government education, a growing number of parents are [...]
1Feb2002 | Wendy McElroy | 4 comments | ContinuedCharter Schools in Action by Chester Finn, Bruno Manno, and Greg Vanourek
Princeton University Press • 2000 • 288 pages • $27.95 With the publication of Charter Schools in Action, the authors aim to provide a definitive study of U.S. charter schooling at the end of the twentieth century, complete with a brief history explaining its origins and some tentative hypotheses about its future. They are, for [...]
1Apr2001 | Andrew J. Coulson | 1 comment | ContinuedA Lesson in Political Management
Suppose you have just learned that the house you live in has leaky water pipes. If not attended to, the damage done by the leaks will compound and the value of the house will decline. Would you spend whatever it took to fix the problem? Or would you go out and buy an expensive new [...]
1Dec1999 | George C. Leef | 0 comments | ContinuedGovernment Schooling: The Bureaucratization of the Mind
In April 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education issued its now infamous report, A Nation at Risk. The Commission found that American students were experiencing, among other things, a decline in literacy levels, a diminishing level of science and mathematics skills, and a limited knowledge in the social sciences when compared to American [...]
1May1997 | Thomas E. Lehman | 2 comments | ContinuedBook Review: Why Teachers Cant TeachA Case History by Joan Dunn
New York: David McKay Co. Inc., 1955. 224 pp. $3.00. It was John Dewey’s dream that “the school itself shall be made a genuine form of active community life, instead of a place set apart in which to learn lessons.” For the past 30 years or so, “public” education has been shaped by this philosophy [...]
1Mar1956 | E. Victor Milione | 0 comments | Continued-
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