Re-Opening the American Mind ; in Search of the Sublime On Campus
The Washington Times › September 20, 2007
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The first hint of autumn, a sudden cool night making a sweater feel right and a bright day without the stifling humidity of summer, fills us with the remembrance of the ambivalent emotions about "back to school." We remember the pleasure of seeing old friends, but we remember as well the hard chairs that overnight replaced the sensuous luxury of beach towels on sand. We wax nostalgic about the delight in discovering new ideas in books but few of us miss the adolescent pressures of high school.
This "semester" we're getting a white-hot debate over how to prepare the rising generation for life in the 21st century. It's about time.See the full content of this document
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Re-Opening the American Mind ; in Search of the Sublime On Campus
No public school program generates more controversy than the No Child Left Behind legislation of 2001, or as one cynic describes it, "No Child Left Alone." The motives behind the legislation were mostly good - to get...
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