Mr. Samuel A. Walker

“The curricula offered by university education departments are heavy on fuzzy ‘self-wareness,’ ‘multicultural,’ and other faddish or politicized material, and light on the hard knowledge of the subjects that teachers must eventually teach.”

The victory of 10-year-old Calvin McCarter, a home-schooled student, in the National Geography Bee provides the latest example of why so many parents are demanding alternatives to mediocre public schools.

Gov. John Engler has re-appointed Robert P. Hunter, director of labor policy for the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, as a member of the Michigan Civil Service Commission.

A package of bills before the Michigan Legislature would prohibit school employees from recommending that any student be prescribed Ritalin to treat a "disease" about which many medical professionals have grave doubts.

The solution to "urban sprawl" lies in fixing the problems that cause people and businesses to leave cities in the first place: high taxes, burdensome regulations, inefficient city services, and poor schools.

Public officials must address the problems that cause people to move from cities to suburbs in the first place: high taxes, burdensome regulations, and poor schools.

Every school day, millions of American children are given a powerful drug called "Ritalin" to combat a disorder known as ADHD. But many experts say Ritalin is not the way to help children learn better.