California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger may at last be taking a first step toward putting into action the ideas of the late Nobel Laureate and “Father of Modern School Reform.”
Read the articleThe U. S. Senate Committee on Armed Services moved $12 billion dollars from the war-time budget to the base budget in order to supply for ongoing programs.
Read the articleAt the 2007 Modern Language Association Convention, Panelist Elizabeth McNeil of Arizona State University defined the goals of ecofeminism.
Read the articleWe have been told all along that the homosexual/transgender community simply wants “safe” schools for all children. It appears, however, that the tune has changed to “safe and supportive” schools.
Read the articleThe ongoing concern that climate change initiatives mask a concerted attempt to initiate global economic redistribution was bolstered by the Bali Conference.
Read the articleUnder the language department reforms proposed by the MLA, students would be trained as global citizens freed from the “Manichean” tendencies of American culture.
Read the articleThe dire state of teacher evaluations poses a serious problem to public school education. It is a problem that, Education Sector panelists stressed, is mostly being overlooked
Read the articleTo a lot of people foreign aid is a benevolent act and it should be upheld, while to others it is a waste of their tax dollars. But has foreign aid done more harm than good?
Read the articleStern cites Massachusetts as a shining example of school reform, going so far as to say that “something close to an education miracle has occurred.”
Read the articleThose of us who have long been curious about what professors do on sabbatical could glean one sort of an answer from Oregon University English professor Edwin Battistella’s tongue-in-cheek (we think) listing of “Twenty-Five things to do on sabbatical” that appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of The Montana Professor.
Read the articleThe MLA debate between qualitative and accentual syllabic verse, and between different styles of writing, became as much a commentary on the nature (and antecedents) of government.
Read the articleAmerica may be heading toward another arms race, according to Mike Moore, a research fellow at The Independent Institute who recently published the book Twilight War: The Folly of U.S. Space Dominance.
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