By Jared Bernstein | The American Prospect. April 22, 2007 Economists may disagree a lot on policy, but we all agree on the "education premium" -- the earnings boost associated with more education. But what role can education play in a realistic antipoverty policy agenda? And what [...]
We are killing our children! And when we are not we are training them for careers in which they will kill others. We need only look at the numbers. In the name of "school choice" we provide a perspective that research has rejected ; given the freedom [...]
You could say that perfectionism is a crime against humanity. Adaptability is the characteristic that enables the species to survive—and if there's one thing perfectionism does, it rigidifies behavior. It constricts people just when the fast-moving world requires more flexibility and comfort with ambiguity than ever. [...]
By Betsy L. Angert My heart aches. Of course I mourn the passing of the thirty-two Virginia Polytechnic University students, as do we all throughout the globe. Nevertheless, I cannot forget how my heart hurts for the thirty-third victim, the one the media never seems to count [...]
TASER International Inc. maintains that its stun-guns are “changing the world and saving lives everyday.” There is no question that they changed Jack Wilson’s life. On Aug. 4, in Lafayette, Colo., policemen on a stakeout approached Jack’s son Ryan as he entered a field of [...]
Introductory Historical Context 2015: The twentieth anniversary of Welfare Reform is rapidly approaching. Amidst much cntraversary at the time, The "Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act was signed into law on August 22, 1996. Today, it is lauded, applauded and praised. Still questions remain. Ten years after [...]
Photograph; “A History of the United States” and “America: Pathways to the Present,” by different authors, use substantially identical language to cover several subjects. By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at Daily Kos. and BeThink. July 14, 2006 A New York Times article, “Schoolbooks Are Given [...]
Measures to put drug abusers in rehab instead of jail could rescue their kids from the cycle of addiction, foster care and crime. By Nell Bernstein | Originally Published at Salon. October 30, 2002 The last time Tracy Carter, a longtime drug user, was sent [...]
Image; Public Broadcasting services, Education Prior to today's education debate there was another discussion, indeed many. In each we heard the same; public education is a failure. It has to change. More often than not, the refrain remains. We must go back, back to the future, before [...]
