Policy Review articles from September 1998

Policy Review archives from September 1998

Higher standards for teacher training.
September 1, 1998... Pennsylvania's education chief vows to restore luster to his state's teacher-prep programs No single element is more essential to students' success than excellence in teaching. Fine buildings, equipment, and textbooks are important, but it is...

When the public trust runs off the rails.
September 1, 1998... The public officials who keep watch over bureaucracy need every weapon they can get--especially information. In any conflict between an entrenched government bureaucracy and the public officials who oversee it, the bureaucracy usually has the...

Numero uno: El Paso superintendent Anthony Trujillo sets the standards for urban schools.(Cover Story)
September 1, 1998... El Paso superintendent Anthony Trujillo sets the standard for urban schools One of America's finest public-school superintendents is probably about to lose his job. In his six years at the helm of the Ysleta School District in El Paso,...

Support your local charter school.
September 1, 1998... Civic entrepreneurs will be critical to the success of these fledgling independent public schools A year ago, the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal urged Americans to "give smarter" and to support the community-based,...

Legends of the sprawl. (liberals' urban policy failures)
September 1, 1998... Liberals have a new scapegoat for their urban failures: suburban growth The remarkable thing about liberal urban policy in Washington these days is not its ambition, but its conspicuous lack of it. A case in point is the Clinton...

The madness of the American family.
September 1, 1998... In a recent talk, author and social critic Midge Decter asked why the wealthiest and healthiest country on earth has such nutty ideas about the family The idea of talking about the subject called "family" always puts me in mind of a line from...

Bawling alone. (clinical depression related to family and civic virtue decline)
September 1, 1998... An epidemic of clinical depression in the midst of material prosperity is related to the breakdown of family and the decline of civic virtue Most people stay current by reading the morning paper, watching the evening news, or surfing the World...

Civic renewal vs. moral renewal.
September 1, 1998... In two recent reports, elite opinion is divided over the proper way to reinvigorate civil society Ever since the term "civil society" entered the public debate in the mid-1990s, even informed observers have been confused over what exactly it...