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07.06.2008 11:54 am

The real issue: apartheid education

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Law professor and novelist Stephen Carter wrote a terrific column on the decades long political tug of war over so-called affirmative action.

Turns out the struggle is make believe, a palliative that provides an excuse for not dealing with what’s really at issue.…

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05.11.2008 8:20 am

Charter Schools: A special Commentary page

Sunday’s Commentary page is devoted entirely to the issue of charter schools, particularly whether they have the potential to improve the education of children in the St. Louis Public Schools district. The material grew out of a recent meeting of the…

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05.01.2008 3:07 pm

Teaching science, with a wink and a nod

anti-evo_opt.jpg We Americans love freedom. And education. When it comes to education, we especially love “academic freedom.” Who could be opposed to that?

That helps explain why “academic freedom” has become the latest fig leaf for anti-evolutionists. The latest example is…

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