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- Aug, 1990 Issue |
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George Linthicum, Child Development
Specialist from Portland, Oregon, in the January 1990 issue of Atlantic
Monthly, asserts Ritalin is the "Valium for the under-twelve set....
When doctors prescribe medication for a behavior, they should insist
on an equal dose of parenting classes or family counseling."
A study of 195 adolescents
at Covenant House in Toronto found that 86% reported some form of physical
abuse at home, helping cause them to run away to the streets. They saw
the streets as safer than home.
Privatization and Educational
Choice, by Myron Lieberman. New York: St. Martin's Press. The author
presents and defends his view that "... the only ways to improve American
education are to (1) foster private schools that compete with public
schools and among themselves and/or (2) foster for-profit competition
among service providers within the public school system."
Teacher Magazine, May 1990.
Fred Gibson, an educator from Thermal, Calif. writes: "The administrator-in-charge
model is ideal for the factory concept of education, but it is counterproductive
in a system that demands individual initiative and personal and professional
strength in teachers."
Janis Gabay, 1990 National
Teacher of the year, attributes her success to "Teaching to the whole
child, not simply to that part of him or her that needs language-arts
skills."
South Dakota has the lowest
teacher salaries in the nation and is 43rd in per pupil spending, yet
ranks 3rd in SAT scores and 5th in ACT scores. The reasons suggested
for this high accomplishment with lower dollars spent are: l. Families
stay together. 2. Schools are small and are centers of community life.
3. Old-fashioned values such as hard work, responsibility, and self-discipline
still dominate.
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