To most Americans, the term 'public school,' especially when prefaced by the phrase 'inner-city,' conjures images of urban decay, illiteracy and unrelenting hopelessness – more Jonathan Kozol than Thomas Hughes. However, this has been quite inverted in the last few years in one of the regions of U.S. most affected by racial and class tensions: … Continue reading Seeds of Public School
Churchill Didn’t Say It
On 10 September, the Telegraph reported that many schools are now removing history from their curricula, or 'streamlining' it into another kind of course: Either a combination of history and geography (a practice which has been common in America for some time now) or else condensing it further in a rather vaguely defined 'humanities' course. … Continue reading Churchill Didn’t Say It
Catholic School Deals With Community Service
On Tuesday of last week, a great deal of noise was made in the British press about a Catholic school introuble. For all the coverage, one would expect a clergyman to have been involved – but no. In fact, the story relates to a Catholic school torn between its desire to continue to share its … Continue reading Catholic School Deals With Community Service
The Wrong Book of Numbers
Once more into the breach, then, this time against that slipperiest of enemies: Numbers, as presented by journalists. The L.A. Times, on 28 September, published a piece by Mitchell Landsberg entitled, "Atheists, Agnostics Most Knowledable About Religion, Survey Says". Mr. Landsberg goes on to cite a recent Pew survey, which seems to indicate that atheists … Continue reading The Wrong Book of Numbers
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