The Triumphant Power of the Humanities
By Earl Shorris

Would very poor people, surrounded as they are by so many problems, find anything of relevance to their lives in fourteenth-century Italian painting or the Magna Carta or the death of Socrates? The author dared to find out.

Teachers: Missionaries for Learning
By James M. Banner, Jr., and Harold C. Cannon

Teachers must have a love affair with knowledge and learning--flagrant enough for their students to take notice. But what precisely does that involve?

The New NEA: Reinventing Teachers Unions for a New Era
By Bob Chase

In a speech to the National Press Club, the president of the National Education Association describes some of the discussions and changes taking place within the organization he heads.
 

While there are remarkable teachers in all countries, researchers have consistently noted the high level of performance of the average  Japanese teacher. Here are some of the reasons.

Learning to Listen
By William H. Armstrong

The notion of listening has become linked with an image of passivity. Too bad, because effective listening is perhaps the hardest, most active work any learner is called upon to do.
 

"Hands-on," "real-world" projects, and "discovery" or "experiential" learning are all the rage, but let's make sure all this "doing" is the best way to get to where we want to go.

Those Pullman Blues
By David D. Perata

The struggle to organize railroad porters and attendants is one of the most important and remarkable chapters in labor and civil rights history.
 

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