April 1999
Teacher Magazine, Vol. 10, Issue 07
Education
False Alarm
For years, criminologists have warned of an impending tidal wave of youth crime as the 1990s baby boomlet reaches adolescence.
Education
Opinion
Learning Curve
| Advocates of testing teachers should remember that teaching is an art that must be practiced before it can be mastered. |
Education
Opinion
Killer Reviews
| "I thought Killing Mr. Griffin was a cool book, even though it was totally unrealistic. Like you would ever kill your teacher that way? Hello!" |
Education
Opinion
Perspective
A few weeks ago, the progressive union leaders who helped create the
Saturn auto plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, were tossed out of office
by union traditionalists who charged that their predecessors were too
cozy with management.
Education
Opinion
Letters
I am one of those people Emmet Rosenfeld mentions in "Parse This!" (March) who would like to see a return to the formalized teaching of grammar. When parents, employers, and others rise up against the kind of holistic writing instruction he espouses, they are not concerned about an occasional confusion between "its" and "it's." They are concerned about the inability of people who have been raised on a small ration of grammar to write a basic sentence, spell the most common words, and express any kind of thought in a coherent manner.
The Basics
I am one of those people Emmet Rosenfeld mentions in "Parse This!" (March) who would like to see a return to the formalized teaching of grammar. When parents, employers, and others rise up against the kind of holistic writing instruction he espouses, they are not concerned about an occasional confusion between "its" and "it's." They are concerned about the inability of people who have been raised on a small ration of grammar to write a basic sentence, spell the most common words, and express any kind of thought in a coherent manner.