May 11, 1983

Education Justice Official Raps Busing, Affirmative-Action Programs

Advocates of mandatory student busing for desegregation and affirmative action in hiring are guilty of "fighting discrimination with discrimination," according to the Justice Department's principal civil-rights enforcement official.

Education Opinion Schools' Promotion of Conformity Is Shortsighted, Even Absurd

As a teacher of long standing, I constantly wonder to what depth should or could education affect the lives of the next generation

Education Opinion Math, Science Improvements Must Involve Female and Minority Students

Worry over the sorry state of mathematics and science education burst onto the national scene just one year ago. In April 1982, the National Science Board announced the appointment of a distinguished national Commission on Precollege Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology to "define a national agenda for improving science and math education."

Education Opinion How Minimum-Wage Laws Hurt the Young

Most labor-market activity is regulated by some level of government. Well-meaning people put political pressures on government to enact laws they think will help disadvantaged people.

Education Opinion Taxpayers vs. Students: Choosing Sides in the Statehouse

How embarrassing. Mississippi, which has long had a reputation for adamant ignorance and the underfunding of schools, has passed an appropriation bill designed to lift the state out of last place as the least educated state in the land.