Issues

August/September 1998

Teacher Magazine, Vol. 10, Issue 01
Education Mr. Bigler's Big Adventure
Armed with media savvy and a wrinkle-proof blazer, Philip Bigler is traveling the country and talking up education.
David Hill, September 1, 1998
14 min read
Teaching Profession Policing The Profession
Adelle Nore and her team of investigators are working to keep their state's teaching force free of sex offenders, drug peddlers, and anyone else who poses a threat to children.
Drew Lindsay, August 1, 1998
25 min read
Education Opinion Schoolyard Shootings
The school year closed last spring not a minute too soon. As we entered the lazy days of summer, the evening news telecasts carried images of schools wrapped in yellow police tape and the grim details of teens turning guns on their classmates and teachers in Jonesboro, Arkansas; Springfield, Oregon; and Edinboro, Pennsylvania. Columnists and newspaper editorial writers agreed the violence was no aberration, but they found precious little common ground when devising ways to stem the violence once schools reopen in the fall.
August 1, 1998
4 min read
Education Opinion Coloring Books
A piece of literature shouldn't be judged by the race of its author but by the merit of its message.
Wayne M. Joseph, August 1, 1998
5 min read
Assessment Opinion None Of The Above
After his kids come down with exam-day blues, a teacher argues that standardized, fill-in-the-bubble tests are not the answer.
James R. Delisle, August 1, 1998
6 min read
Education Opinion Writing Past Wrongs
Father Willis, an entirely unapproachable patriarch, loomed over his congregation like a butte over the desert floor, impossibly distant yet giant and ever-present.
August 1, 1998
5 min read