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I agree that public schools are in dire need of intervention and that one solution is to improve the quality of teachers. But you miss a major roadblock: parents. Even the most gifted teachers cannot inspire students whose parents do not instill in them the importance of education. Parents need...
Though the trial started in September, thanks to procedural delays, Jaruzelski finished reading his 200-page opening statement only in late November. In court he appears fragile but speaks firmly. His defense rests on the argument that with radicals threatening to take over the Solidarity movement and Moscow watching closely...
Younger Poles tend to be more critical than adults who witnessed the events. "Opinions of those who remember the crackdown have changed over time," says Barbara Szacka, a sociology professor at Warsaw's Academy of Social Psychology. The generational split is visible at the trial. A dozen mostly elderly men...
Last night, 30 people crowded the stage of the Institute of Politics forum—including a lost boy of the Sudan, a Massachusetts sixth grader, and numerous renowned activists and professionals—to mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights with a dramatic reading...
As voters gossip about everything from this decision to the breed of the coming presidential puppy, the woeful state of public education in America persists. American children routinely score lower than students in comparable countries in basic math and reading skills. Obama himself has stated, “the question...