There is no question that standards-based education will set aside traditional methods of instruction used to educate students since the late 1800s. Nor is there any question that a change is desperately needed. The disturbing question, however, remains: Is standard-based education the best model in existence to replace the 100-plus-year-old industrial model? I am anxious […]

A few days ago, I was talking to my Republican uncle and our conversation somehow found its way to Occupy Wall Street. He said Occupy Wall Street is a bunch of anticapitalist Obama supporters. This, however, cannot be the case. I do not support the Democrats or the Republicans. They are both guilty of selling […]

I’m struck by the difference a word makes in a headline. The author of a recent letter was careful to keep “religious organizations” plural, preserving the diversity of witness in churches; but the editorial page headline “Does the church have right to decide for women?” lumps all together in a monolithic threat to women’s rights. […]