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Effective Catholic Schools

This article is especially poignant for Eric Scheske, who attended his sixth-grade son's "graduation" last night from Catholic parochial school. For over fifty years, the school offered K-8 education, but it had to drop grades 7 and 8 due to lack of students and funding. Link

Hooked on Phonics (and Common Sense)

Some different fare: Britain's whole-word reading programs that were imposed by the government have been a disaster. Bring back phonics, says this editorial. Link to Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2005/06/04/dl0401.xml&sSheet=/opinion/2005/06/04/ixopinion.

Fining the Parents

That's like twenty minutes worth of work at a casino! > Weary of poor grades and low graduation rates, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation families are being fined if their kids skip school or arrive long after the bell rings. > The tribal council is fining parents $100 a

A Pox on Higher Education

Great rant against higher education at Lew Rockwell this morning. Link [http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/doyle3.html]. Excerpt: > Here's the most diabolical part of the deal: Taxpayers lavishly subsidize higher education even while students go into debt slavery for their own reprogramming! Maybe those eggheads aren&

Professor Against the University

Professor Anthony Esolen writes in the most recent issue of Touchstone about the public universities (no link available): > We encourage you to put your homes in hock, for the privilege of a "loan" from ourselves; we ally with one another in a price-fixing cartel, and call it