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History 101

by The Editors

Cover Story | 1635 At his death, John Cotton of Boston leaves half of his property to establish a school for poor children and orphans. The Latin Grammar School (later the Boston Latin School) is the first educational institution (outside the home) in the American colonies. The city of Boston helps fund the school with the proceeds from a land sale. 1642 Parents and apprentice masters must teach their children "to read and understand the principles of religion and the capital laws of this country,"

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Time to raise the bar: by Frank Brogan

Cover Story | A public educator and public officeholder outlines a vision for raising the standards, expanding choices, and prying the system from the "clutches ... of the special interest groups." This article was adapted from a recent speech ...

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Putting the pieces together: by Dan VanderArk

Cover Story | Turning well-intentioned government slogans

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Federal role: Staying out of the way by Beverly LaHaye

Cover Story | Memo to Washington: Fund your mandates, promote local control, and give parents educational choice. In other words, "No Child Left Behind" may require the federal government to leave itself behind ...

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You're not in it alone: by Molly Powell

Cover Story | Whether you outsource the teaching or not-if you have children, you're a homeschooler. And you have lots of resources to draw upon for curriculum and advice, not to mention the experience of others. Here's mine ...

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Aim high(er): by Mike Farris

Cover Story | Homeschooling is good, but homeschoolers must not let arrogance blind them to the need to get better. One of the movement's leading voices outlines six needed areas of improvement, in the form of a letter to his sons-in-law-advice all homeschoolers would do well to take ...

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That's a classic: by Doug Wilson

Cover Story | Four reforms and a radical curriculum. It takes energy and commitment to move these ideas out of the realm of the mind and into practice-but the satisfaction, upon accomplishment, is much greater ...

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How to bridge the educational divide: by Herb Lusk

Cover Story | It all begins with motivated, inspired students. Schools in urban America can look to their own past for examples of how to do it right ...

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Dif'rent strokes: by Susan Olasky

by Susan Olasky

Cover Story | If all you know about Paul Revere comes from Longfellow's poem, you don't know much. Revere was a Calvinist: His father was a Huguenot immigrant from France. He became a silversmith, like his father before him, and considered it a calling-a place where he could exercise his gifts to the glory of God.

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A few lessons the public schools need to learn: by Bill Bennett

Cover Story | Public schools need fundamental change. But the ideal is not out of reach, if they are willing to put children ahead of bureaucracies and invite-indeed, require-parental involvement in the educational mission. In short, they need to imitate what the best private schools and homeschools practice every day. A former education secretary sketches the ideal public school ...

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Can't buy success

by Marvin Olasky

Cover Story | Most recent numbers contradict the public education "money in, progress out" mantra. But if money doesn't necessarily make a difference in the education of children, what does? Ideas and vision, for starters.

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To make progress, dump 'progressivism': by Michael Coulter

Cover Story | From the selection of curriculum to character formation, from teacher certification to embracing educational competition, public school boards have the power to reform our troubled schools ...

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In this issue: "Ideal schools," April 28, 2001

Voices

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A very bad deal

by Joel Belz

We're bad where we should be good-and vice versa

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Mailbag

Losing to old age I've just read Bob Jones's excellent article, "Homebodies." We've been caring for our four parents for the last 20 years and only one is…

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Bookwalk

by Joel Belz

Eight worthy books for students and teachers

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The Word stands forever

by Andrée Seu

But it's getting lost in the minds of the biblically illiterate

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