Education

On White Preferences On White Preferences

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the University of Michigan affirmative action cases on April 1.

Mar 27, 2003 / Jay Rosner

Back to Segregation Back to Segregation

Sit in classrooms, eat in lunchrooms, romp on playgrounds and wander the hallways in randomly selected public schools in America: It's right here, in the nation's increasingly ...

Feb 13, 2003 / Gary Orfield and Susan Eaton

Partying on the Right Partying on the Right

We all had our youthful indiscretions that haunt or amuse us for the rest of our lives. Mine was conservatism.

Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / Doug Henwood

Death at an Early Age Death at an Early Age

In October 1968, at the height of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville crisis, New York Mayor John Lindsay got heckled off the stage at a synagogue in Brooklyn.

Jan 30, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Michael E. Staub

The ‘Quota’ Smokescreen The ‘Quota’ Smokescreen

George W.

Jan 23, 2003 / Lani Guinier

Rawls and Us Rawls and Us

The late John Rawls was, by all accounts, a remarkably modest and generous person, much beloved by his friends and students, and profoundly uninterested in the kinds of fame an...

Dec 5, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

Banishing Bilingualism Banishing Bilingualism

Within the next decade, 30-40 percent of current public school teachers in the United States will retire, opening up more than 700,000 teaching positions.

Nov 21, 2002 / Herbert Kohl and Susan Katz

A Nation at Risk A Nation at Risk

A year ago Congress overwhelmingly approved George W.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Peter Sacks

The Right Way to Have Sex The Right Way to Have Sex

Debbie Nathan is an attendee of Feminist Futures, a New York-based study group whose organizers include Leonore Tiefer.

Oct 31, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Debbie Nathan

Can You Spell Cannon Fodder? Can You Spell Cannon Fodder?

The New York City public school system doesn't have the money, time or organizational skills to make sure every child has a dictionary--or a desk.

Oct 24, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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