College, Schmollage

I am already fretting about where my four year old will go to college. David Frum , also touring colleges with his son, is even more worried than I am. My parents worried like crazy over where my sister and I would go to college. There’s a good argument that all of this is a waste of energy. …

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Written by Eli Lehrer on Monday November 21, 2011

New School Year, Same Frustrations

The start of another school year does not signal a new day in our worst urban schools. Last year’s colossal problems had three months off. As soon as the bell rings and the buses roll in, the embarrassing reality of “education” in inner city schools will resume. The problems of last year will have …

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Written by Thomas Gibbon on Monday August 31, 2009