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September 1996 Issue - 42 Articles- Bird's Eye, pp. 4-7
Let's Have an Authentic Multicultural Education - Not a Relativist One, Thank You.
- Sidelights, pp. 8-9
Revolution in Uxbridge, Mass. Homework Helps. A Gun of Her Own.
- Scan, pp. 10-17
Preening Peacocks. Common Sense School Discipline. Angry White Females. Bennett and Ril...
- Indicators: Numbers Etc., p. 18
School Choice and Family Satisfaction. Where Teachers Send Their Children to School.
- Two Views
Kevin Ryan and William Kilpatrick
, pp. 19-20 Character Education in the Public Schools.
- "Live" with TAE, pp. 21-25
Two of America's Most Famous Ex-Leftists, Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, D...
- A Liberal Argument for School Choice
Bruce Goldberg
, pp. 26-29 Competition among Schools Would Respect Children's Individuality and Diversity - Now Op...
- The Politics of School Reform
Denis P. Doyle and Jonetta Rose Barns
, pp. 30-34 Americans Rate Better Schools as a Higher Priority for the Next President Than Crime or...
- Special Interests in the Classroom
Charlene K. Haar
, pp. 35-37 From the Corner Schoolhouse to Washington, D.C., the Two Teachers' Unions Wield Enormou...
After Busing, Milwaukee Turns to School Choice
- To Understand Why Inner-City Milwaukeeans Support School Choice, It Helps to Know the Damage Busing Has Wrought.
Daniel McGroarty
, p. 38 - Blacks vs. Busing
John Drake
, pp. 39-40 - Busing Fails in Pittsburgh
Ralph Reiland
, p. 41 - Family Education
Karl Zinsmeister and Laurence Steinberg
, pp. 42-45 Parents Need to Get Their Act Together Before They Point the Finger at Schools.
The Self-Esteem Flimflam
- Students Need Standards, Not Happy-talk
Karl Zinsmeister
, p. 46 - The Feel-Good Goes to School
Ralph Reiland
, p. 47 - "We Were Wrong"
Cheri Yecke
, p. 48 - Self-Esteem
Florence King
, p. 49 Just Say No to the Ivy League
- The More Prestigious the Academic Institution, the Worse It's Likely to Be.
Edward E. Ericson, Jr.
, pp. 50-52 - Just Say No to the Ivy League
Jacob Neusner
, p. 53 Higher Education Is Best When It's Local.
- Students to Keep Learning Outside the College Ghetto.
Karl Zinsmeister
, pp. 54-55
- Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Lawyers
Jon Olson
, pp. 56-57 A Recovering Lawyer's True Confessions.
- Wrench-Wrestlers vs. Pencil-Pushers
Andrew Peyton Thomas
, p. 58 Are There Any Americans Left Who Don't Mind Getting Their Hands Dirty?
- Runway College Tuition
Ralph R. Reiland
, pp. 59-60 Where Does the Money from Higher Tuitions Go? Definitely Not to Higher Education.
- Affirmative Action Goes to College
Bob Zelnick
, pp. 61-62 After Years of Double Standards in College Admissions the Verdict Is In - All Parties H...
- Separate and Unequal at Cornell
Kenneth Lee
, pp. 63-64 An Undergraduate's Account of Racial Separatism on Campus.
- Will the Chinese Save L.A.?
Joel Kotkin
, pp. 65-67 Our Dead-End Urban Areas Are Being Powerfully Renewed by Chinese American Entrepreneurs.
- Asia's Bamboo Network
Murray Weidenbaum and Samuel Hughes
, pp. 68-69 Look Out for the Next Global Power: Chinese Entrepreneurs Dominate the Business Sector ...
- The Battle for Congress
John H. Fund
, pp. 70-71 The Next Congressional Elections May Be the Most Important in 50 Years.
- Transcript: Words Worth Repeating
Scot Lehigh
, p. 72 America's Think Tanks and Political Magazines Are More Important Than Her Universities.
In Real Life: The Daily Work of Americans
- Socializes the Neighborhood.
Mary Elizabeth Podles
, p. 73 - How Multiculturalism Destroyed His Parents' Homeland.
Joseph J. Jacobs
, p. 74 - Blake Hurst Is Fed Up with Red Tape at His Local School Board.
Blake Hurst
, p. 75
- The Economist
T.J. Rodgers
, pp. 76-77 Why the Republicans' Fiscal Polices Offer the Best Chance for Growth and Opportunity.
- Flashback, pp. 78-79
In the Good Old Days, America's Youth Had Better Ways to Learn about Life Than College.
Book Talk
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Get the Picture? (Review) Robert Koch
, p. 80 George Eastman: A Biography, by Elizabeth Brayer
- George Eastman: A Biography by Elizabeth Brayer
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McPapers Everywhere (Review) Theodore Pappas
, p. 81 The Chain Gang, by Richard McCord
- The Chain Gang by Richard McCord
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Muggeridged by Reality (Review) Mark Falcoff
, p. 82 Malcolm Muggeridge: The Biography, by Richard Ingrams
- Malcolm Muggeridge: The Biography by Richard Ingrams
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We're All Post-Liberals now (Review) Paul Gottfried
, pp. 83-85 Enlightenment's Wake, by John Gray
- Enlightenment's Wake by John Gray
- The Digest: Summaries of Important Research, pp. 86-90
Glass Ceilings.. .Miranda Rights and Wrongs.. .Privatizing Social Security.
- Opinion Pulse: The Latest Survey Data, pp. 91-95
Public and Private Schools Compared.. .Doubts about Washington's Role in Education...El...
- The Mail, pp. 96-98
Baby Boomers Should Not Be Blamed for Our Maladies. More on Marriage.
- Cover Illustration
Brian Rea