The editorial "No Child Left Behind," which appeared in the January 24th, 2005 Edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, clearly brings up important issues that need to be addressed with the current No Child Left Behind law before shifting gears to other areas of students coupled ...

Through the thirteen years of public school, from Kindergarten to Twelfth grade, the purpose is to prepare a child to enter the real world and to live successfully as possible. Elementary school is only a stepping-stone to Middle School and High School, and serves only to allow a child to mature. It...

Education Manifesto What student hasn't felt taken advantage of during their school years? Probably none, if you think about it. In this day and age, corporate control over American public education has taken advantage of students by using them as obligatory consumers to sell their products...

After watching 60 Minutes this past Sunday I got to thinking about that age-old subject as to whether college athletes should be paid funds in addition to just their sports scholarship? The program brought out the facts of how the NCAA ...

Are the California schools and teachers making the grade in regard to illiteracy' Illiteracy is a problem of hidden proportions. For example, the San Diego Business Journal recently quoted the San Diego's Council on Literacy and pointed out that 20% of the United States population is funct...