Education - Opposing Viewpoints Author:Mary E. Williams (Editor) The quality of public education has declined / Karl Zinsmeister -- — The quality of public education has not declined / David C. Berliner -- — Poor commitment to academic achievement hampers public education / Laurence Steinberg -- — Low expectations hamper public education / James White -- — Racial and financial inequities hamper public education /... more » Kati Haycock --
Poorly trained teachers hamper public education / Lawrence W. Reed --
The government should offer school tuition vouchers / Donald Lambro --
The government should not offer school vouchers / National Education Association --
Choice programs should include religious schools / Charles J. Chaput, Reggie White, and Sara White --
Religious schools will be harmed by choice / Llewellyn H. Rockwell --
Charter schools are beneficial / Jeff Jacoby --
Charter schools may be harmful / Gary Orfield --
Homeschooling is viable / Lawrence W. Reed --
Homeschooling may not be viable / Katherine Pfleger --
Multicultural education is beneficial / James A. Banks, Gena Dagel Caponi --
Multicultural education is counterproductive / Thomas J. Famularo --
Curricula and textbooks should reflect multiculturalism / Cameron McCarthy --
Textbooks favoring multiculturalism distort history / Alvin J. Schmidt --
Bilingual education is beneficial / Ofelia Garcia --
Bilingual education is a failure / Linda Chavez --
Schools should teach moral values / Christina Hoff Sommers --
Schools cannot teach moral values / David R. Carlin --
School-sponsored prayer should be allowed / Ann Donnelly --
School-sponsored prayer is unconstitutional / Tom Peters, Jim Allison, and Susan Batte --
Scientific evidence against evolution and for Creation should be included in science curricula / Robert E. Kofahl --
Creationism should not be included in science curricula / Eugene Scott, interviewed by Leon Lynn --
Conservative educational policies would benefit public schools / E.D. Hirsch Jr. --
Progressive educational policies would benefit public schools / Deborah Meier --
Increased funding would improve public education / Jesse Jackson --
Increased funding does not improve public education / Walter Williams --
Ending social promotions would improve academic achievement / Bill Clinton --
Flunking students does not improve academic achievement / Ernest R. House« less