After the radical Students for a Democratic Society split into angry factions at the organization's convention last June, the question was whether any of them could mount an effective “fall offensive.” The answer is no.
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Mary Catherine Swanson: The Upgrader
Should we condemn students to mediocrity just to avoid the risk that they will fail a tougher challenge? That’s what American public schools tend to do, argues Mary Catherine Swanson
When Teachers Cheat
Teaching seemed a natural, uncomplicated career choice for Stacey Moskowitz.
SINGAPORE: The Quiet Man
A noisy combination of Communist fronts, from the powerful Students Union down to the Musical Brass Gong Society, has turned Singapore's first 18 months of self-government into a symphony of discords. Through their fronts the illegal Communists have been able to foment riots, call hundreds of strikes, and strongarm those who actively oppose them.
Business: The Blue Collar Worker’s Lowdown Blues
THE competing power groups that make up the American system have never operated in complete harmony.
The Education Crisis Everyone Is Ignoring
On Tuesday, when President Obama traveled to El Paso, Texas, to again make the case for immigration reform, he talked about the tragedy of a policy that denies children the chance to earn a college education because of the way that their parents entered the country. But in many ways, we’ve already failed our fastest growing ethnic group, Hispanics Americans, long before they reach college and regardless of whether they were born here or not.
Dropout Nation
It’s lunchtime at Shelbyville High School, 30 miles southeast of Indianapolis, Ind., and more than 100 teenagers are buzzing over trays in the cafeteria. Like high schoolers everywhere, they have arranged themselves by type: jocks, preps, cheerleaders, dorks, punks and gamers, all with tables of their own.
Loughner’s Mental Illness: Six Disturbing Warning Signs
In retrospect, it’s easy to see the evidence that Tucson, Ariz., shooter Jared Loughner was mentally unstable. In his community-college classes, he would laugh randomly and loudly at nonevents.
Obsessive Internet Use Linked with Depression in Teens
Spending hours on the Internet may trigger depression, say researchers from Australia and China.
Fantasy League
The Force is definitely with Travis Ho. Like millions of computer-science students before him, the 19-year-old Singaporean’s lifelong fantasy has been to work for Lucasfilm, the empire launched 30 years ago by George Lucas, the creator of Star Wars.