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...grades one through eight, the main reading and literature textbooks are McGufley readers dating from the 19th century, which progress from primers designed to teach reading by the use of phonics to literary anthologies of great poetry and prose-often heroic or uplifting excerpts. Instead of sentences like "See Spot run," special first-grade texts use Christian lessons to teach reading: "Adam was the first father. Eve was the first mother." Two plus two will always equal four, says a math lesson, just as "Thou shalt not kill" will always mean thou shalt not kill. In high school economics, students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Case for Moral Absolutes | 6/8/1981 | See Source »

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