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Parents Want Sister to Gain Weight Sep. 26, 2019
DR. WALLACE: My older sister, 17, is now 5 feet, 6 inches tall and weighs a little less than 100 pou... Read More
When Winning Isn't Everything, Fun, Trust and Cooperation Really Score Sep. 17, 2019
I opened an email the other day that whipped me right back to the '70s, when New Games were first in... Read More
Better Schools Sep. 11, 2019
With most services, you get to shop around, but rarely can you do that with government-run schools. ... Read More
My Teacher Is Boring Jun. 13, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I don't like my English teacher. She is very boring, too strict and gives too much "bus... Read More
Ousting Bad Teacher Helps Students May. 16, 2019
Q: I'm an English literature teacher who also independently tutors students from the other small, lo... Read More
A Serious Education Gap on Climate Change Is Rooted in Politics, Not Science Apr. 30, 2019
Much like sex education and evolution, the teaching of climate change is the latest topic backed by ... Read More
Leadership -- Not Money -- Is the Answer Mar. 27, 2019
Several years ago, one of the news programs detailed a school in Kansas City that had swimming pools... Read More
Arming Teachers Remains a Terrible Idea Mar. 19, 2019
The notion of arming public school teachers has come around again, from some of the usual suspects i... Read More
Enact Objective, Real-World Sex Education Standards Mar. 01, 2019
Children learn about sex in manners good and bad. Ideally, they learn from caring discussions with p... Read More
Hire an Adviser Jan. 02, 2019
Dear Mr. Berko: Please don't use my initials or city, because my comments might encourage the local ... Read More
Education Reform Could Save the GOP Nov. 30, 2018
Politics of the '90s told us "it's the economy, stupid." The early 2000s brought us health care. Goi... Read More
If Trump Is 'Racist,' He Needs to Go Back to Racism School Nov. 15, 2018
Abraham Lincoln, when informed that General Ulysses S. Grant was a drunk, famously asked Grant's acc... Read More
Americans Don't Appreciate Their Freedom Nov. 15, 2018
Here's a shock: Almost half of Americans cannot name a single right protected by the First Amendment... Read More
US Lags Behind Developed Nations in Paying Teachers Nov. 01, 2018
Americans are justly proud of our country. Sometimes that pride gets in the way of progress. For ins... Read More
Would I Be a Snitch? Oct. 30, 2018
DR. WALLACE: Lately, some kids have been lighting fires in the bathrooms at our junior high school. ... Read More
Racial Disparities in School Discipline Oct. 03, 2018
President Barack Obama's first education secretary, Arne Duncan, gave a speech on the 45th anniversa... Read More
Care About Teachers, for Our Future's Sake Aug. 30, 2018
Labor Day is approaching, and school is back in session, or soon will be. Our eldest is a freshman i... Read More
Hating DeVos May. 09, 2018
People hate Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. When she spoke at the Kennedy School of Government,... Read More
Teachers With Guns Apr. 25, 2018
What should be done about school shootings? After the horrible shooting in Parkland, Florida, Presi... Read More
The Student Data-Mining Scandal Under Our Noses Apr. 11, 2018
While congresscritters expressed outrage at Facebook's intrusive data grabs during Capitol Hill hear... Read More
