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KEATING: Restoring Professionalism to Education
by MARYANN O. KEATING, Ph.D. Steve Jobs, the computer pioneer, warned Barack Obama that there can be no effective educational reform unless teachers are treated as professionals, not like workers in an assembly line (“Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson). James Buchanan, the Nobel Laureate in Economics, noted that education is a unique activity: Those who…
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The Rabbit Is Eating the Eco-Devo Hat
by CRAIG LADWIG Many years ago a big-name manufacturer in my town shocked a heavily unionized labor force by announcing it was pulling up stakes for more productive pastures. Our mayor, a master politician, announced what was then an innovative policy — subsidies and tax abatements. In private, the mayor conceded to the editors of…
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NEAL: Colleges Failing Students in the Liberal Arts
(For release May 16 and thereafter) by ANDREA NEAL Congratulations and best of luck to the Class of 2012. Even with a degree in hand, they’ll need it. A college diploma just doesn’t mean what it used to. Consider the following: At 85 percent of colleges, students can graduate without taking an intermediate level foreign…