A Nation at Risk: Our schools 25 years later.
Posted on April 24, 2008 - Filed Under Education, Society | 3 Comments
Click here to listen to the broadcast of You Tell Me on Newstalk 600 KTBB, Friday, April 25, 2008.
Let me share with you a quote.
“If an unfriendly power had attempted to impose on America the mediocre educational performance that exists today, we might well have viewed it as an act of war.”
That line came from [...]
Put the plastic away and raise your kids.
Posted on November 1, 2007 - Filed Under Children, Education, Society | 1 Comment
Click here to listen to the “You Tell Me” segment broadcast on Newstalk 600 KTBB Friday, Nov. 2, 2007
I have the good fortune to live in an affluent neighborhood. I also have the misfortune to live in an affluent neighborhood.
I say misfortune because of the impact that affluence can have on some kids. I’ve already [...]
Arrogance & Acquiesence
Posted on October 18, 2007 - Filed Under Education, Society | 2 Comments
Click here to listen to the “You Tell Me” broadcast segment on Newstalk 600 KTBB, Friday Oct. 19, 2007
The school board in Portland, Maine has just made the decision to offer birth control pills to school girls in its district as young as 11 years old. And, guess what. Mom and dad don’t have to [...]